Table 4.

Top 5 food groups¹ according to percent consumption² and their contribution to daily energy from snacks³ among snackers in Brazil, by age

	Percent consuming1		Energy from snack food
			Per Capita		Per Consumer
Food groups	%	SE	Kcal/d	SE	Kcal/d	SE
≥ 10 years
Sweetened Coffee & Tea	46.2	0.6	43	1	92	2
Sweets & Desserts	31.5	0.6	84	3	265	6
Fruit	31.1	0.6	41	1	130	2
Sugar Sweetened Beverages	29.9	0.6	52	1	175	2
Fried/baked dough with Meat/Cheese/Vegetables (Salgados)	27.2	0.6	54	1	197	3
10-18 years
Sweets & Desserts	43.7	1.2	131	8	299	16
Sugar Sweetened Beverages	35.0	1.1	64	3	182	4
Fried/baked dough with Meat/Cheese/Vegetables (Salgados)	33.7	1.2	66	3	194	5
Sweetened Coffee & Tea	29.3	1.2	31	2	107	3
Fruit	27.2	1.1	36	2	132	4
19-39 years
Sweetened Coffee & Tea	44.0	1.0	42	1	95	2
Sugar Sweetened Beverages	35.2	0.9	64	2	181	3
Sweets & Desserts	30.8	0.9	84	3	271	9
Fruit	28.9	0.8	38	1	131	3
Fried/baked dough with Meat/Cheese/Vegetables (Salgados)	27.8	0.8	57	2	206	4
40-59 years
Sweetened Coffee & Tea	57.7	1.0	51	2	88	2
Fruit	32.8	1.0	42	2	128	3
Sweets & Desserts	26.3	0.9	63	3	241	10
Breads	24.0	0.9	41	2	173	5
Sugar Sweetened Beverages	23.7	1.0	38	2	162	4
≥ 60 years
Sweetened Coffee & Tea	55.3	1.6	45	2	82	3
Fruit	40.1	1.6	53	3	132	4
Fried/baked dough with Meat/Cheese/Vegetables (Salgados)	26.5	1.4	47	3	179	6
Sweets & Desserts	25.0	1.3	51	4	205	10
Breads	22.3	1.3	33	2	150	5

¹Top 5 foods are identified according to the percent of persons consuming, defined as per² below. Detailed information about the food groups is available upon request.

²Percent of persons consuming the snack foods during a snacking event.

³Per consumer (among snackers) percent of daily energy from snacks contributed by each of the five food groups.