Table 1.

Percentage of uniquely formulated consumer packaged food products purchased during 2005–2009 by sweetener category for select food groups

Select Food or Beverage Group	Number of Unique Products	% among all unique products	% Unique Products within Food Group* containing
			No sweetener	CS (including FJC) only	NCS only	both CS & NCS
Baby food, formula	993	1.2%	47.5%	52.5%	0.0%	0.0%
Cakes, cookies, pies	5592	6.5%	0.7%	95.3%	0.1%	4.0%
Fruit, fresh, frozen, canned or dried	1722	2.0%	36.6%	59.9%	2.7%	0.7%
Granola, protein or energy bars	2526	3.0%	3.0%	78.2%	0.0%	18.8%
Ready-to-eat cereals	1378	1.6%	3.6%	94.0%	0.3%	2.1%
Salad dressings and dips	3305	3.9%	26.9%	71.0%	1.5%	0.7%
Savory Snacks	5734	6.7%	28.8%	69.9%	0.7%	0.6%
Sweet breads and pastries	1440	1.7%	17.3%	79.3%	0.5%	2.9%
Sweet snacks	6710	7.9%	0.6%	84.6%	0.6%	14.1%
Yogurt	1152	1.3%	6.4%	60.8%	6.8%	26.0%
Sports and Energy drinks	506	0.6%	1.2%	63.4%	6.9%	28.5%
Sugar sweetened beverage	2513	2.7%	1.5%	83.6%	1.0%	13.9%
Diet sweetened beverage †	974	1.4%	9.9%	17.2%	14.6%	58.3%
Milk & milk/yogurt/soy drinks	1483	1.7%	32.4%	56.6%	2.4%	8.6%
100% Fruit juice	1404	1.6%	33.6%	66.0%	0.0%	0.4%
Vegetable juice	230	0.3%	22.2%	69.1%	0.4%	8.3%
Water, plain or flavored	799	0.9%	36.4%	21.7%	22.3%	19.7%
All Food and Beverage Groups	85451	100%	25.4%	67.9%	1.0%	5.6%

Sources: Nielsen Homescan 2005–2009, Gladson Nutrition Database 2007 and 2010

Notes: CS = Caloric Sweetener; FJC = Fruit Juice Concentrate; NCS = Non-Caloric Sweetener

^*The % of unique products within this food group (e.g., yogurt) with various types of sweeteners

^† Not strictly products that contain zero-calories, rather items that are marketed as ‘non-regular’ or less calories than the regular version.