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. 2014 Jan 2;14:1. doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-14-1

Table 1.

Distribution of frequency scores in each food item (n = 355)

Food item
% distribution of frequency scores
  0 (never) 1 (rarely) 2 (1/wk) 3 (2-3/wk) 4 (1/dy) 5 (2-3/dy) 6 (4+/dy)
Solid sugars
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Donuts, or muffinns
52.7
40.3
3.9
2.5
0.6
0
0
Pudding or custard
39.0
49.4
6.8
4.5
0.3
0
0
Bread filled with bean
63.3
30.8
2.3
3.4
0.3
0
0
jam or fruit jam
Bar of sweet jellied
90.7
7.9
1.1
0.3
0
0
0
adzuki-bean paste
Solid and starchy sugars
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rice cake
74.9
20.8
2.8
1.1
0.3
0
0
Bun with a bean-jam filling
48.2
45.1
4.8
2.0
0
0
0
Popcorn
89.0
10.5
0.3
0.3
0
0
0
Rice cracker
40.0
44.8
7.0
7.0
0.8
0.3
0
Chocolate
31.1
46.9
8.5
11.9
1.7
0
0
Liquid and semisolid sugars
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cold drink
27.7
41.5
5.9
15.0
7.6
1.7
0.6
Soda (not diet)
43.2
39.5
5.4
8.5
2.3
0.8
0.3
Ice cream or sorbet
15.5
48.2
13.8
18.3
3.9
0.3
0
Sticky and slowly dissolving sugars
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hard candy
37.7
41.1
2.0
10.1
5.1
3.1
0.8
Gum (not sugar-free)
64.8
23.1
4.2
3.7
1.4
1.7
1.1
Sugar or honey in coffee/tea
49.4
19.9
4.3
10.5
13.9
1.4
0.6
Sticky candy (caramel)
82.0
15.2
1.1
1.1
0.3
0.3
0
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cheese
24.4
45.9
10.5
15.6
2.8
0.6
0.3
Plain yoghurt
56.4
17.3
5.4
11.9
8.5
0.3
0.3
Sugared yoghurt
27.9
29.9
11.7
20.2
9.4
0.9
0
Bread
4.3
15.1
8.2
30.4
36.9
2.8
2.3
Rice
1.2
2.7
0.6
4.4
17.7
69.3
4.1
Plain cereal
95.2
3.4
0.9
0.6
0
0
0
Sugared cereal
86.9
10.2
1.1
0.9
0.9
0
0
Lactic acid drink
37.5
35.2
8.5
10.5
7.4
0.3
0.6
Canned fruit
68.5
23.9
4.0
3.1
0.6
0
0
Dried fruit
76.6
14.1
2.0
2.8
3.7
0.6
0.3
Banana
26.3
42.9
8.5
16.1
4.5
0.6
1.1
Milk
11.6
11.9
3.4
22.0
36.2
13.0
2.0
Fruit juice
51.0
28.6
5.4
8.2
4.5
1.7
0.6
Cocoa
64.9
19.8
4.5
5.1
5.4
0.3
0
Sugar added to cereal
98.9
1.1
0
0
0
0
0
Jam, jelly or syrup
57.6
22.3
4.2
9.6
5.6
0.3
0.3
Jello (not sugar-free)
60.6
30.0
3.0
5.1
0.6
0.6
0
Cookies
43.6
43.9
6.2
4.8
1.4
0
0
Cakes or pies
27.6
65.4
5.4
1.7
0
0
0
Chips
38.0
50.1
8.2
3.4
0.3
0
0
Breath mints
82.3
12.4
1.7
1.7
1.7
0.3
0
Cough drops 94.9 2.8 0.6 0.6 0 0.8 0.3

Due to rounding error, some totals are not 100%.