Table 1.
Food groups and food categories within the New Zealand Virtual Supermarket.
| Food group and category | Products, n | |
| Alcoholic beverages |
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Wine (including cask wine, champagne, dessert wine, red, rose wine, sparkling, special releases, white wine, other liquor) | 57 |
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Beer and cider | 15 |
| Baby care |
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Baby food | 13 |
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Baby formula | 4 |
| Bread and bakery |
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Rolls, bagels, and flat breads | 21 |
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Fresh bread (in-store bakery) | 4 |
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Sweet treats and cakes | 28 |
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Biscuits | 73 |
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Bread (packaged) | 43 |
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Cakes, muffins, and pastry | 26 |
| Baking and cooking |
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Herbs and spices | 40 |
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Baking additives | 12 |
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Bread crumbs and coating | 4 |
| Beverages (including coffee, plain; cordial bases; electrolyte drink; energy drink; fruit and vegetable juices; hot drink mixes; ice tea drinks; soft and flavored drinks; tea, plain; water) | 115 | |
| Cereal and cereal products |
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Bran and breakfast cereals | 27 |
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Cereal bars | 23 |
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Flour | 4 |
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Grains | 4 |
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Noodles | 5 |
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Pasta | 31 |
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Rice | 15 |
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Sugar | 4 |
| Convenience foods |
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Pizza | 5 |
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Ready meals | 23 |
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Ready snacks | 10 |
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Soup | 18 |
| Dairy |
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Cheese | 62 |
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Cream | 5 |
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Desserts | 7 |
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Ice cream | 20 |
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Milk | 22 |
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Yogurt/ yogurt drinks | 20 |
| Deli and chilled foods |
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Fresh pasta, sauces, soups, and pesto | 4 |
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Antipasto and continental meats | 12 |
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Fresh meals and sandwiches | 3 |
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Chilled salads | 3 |
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Sliced meats | 9 |
| Edible oils and oil emulsions |
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Butter and margarine | 11 |
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Cooking oil/spray | 9 |
| Eggs |
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Free range | 2 |
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Cage eggs | 2 |
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Barn laid | 1 |
| Fish and fish products |
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Canned fish | 19 |
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Frozen fish | 14 |
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Chilled fish | 5 |
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Fish with pastry | 1 |
| Fresh fruit and vegetables |
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Fruit | 27 |
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Fresh herbs | 7 |
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Green vegetables | 7 |
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Prepared salads | 5 |
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Other vegetables | 22 |
| Fruit and vegetables other |
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Fruit (including dried, dried fruit and nut mixes, frozen fruit, fruit bars, fruit in juice/syrup, other) | 40 |
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Vegetables (including baked beans, corn [can], legumes [can], tomatoes [can], canned [other], dried legumes, frozen potato products, frozen vegetables) | 61 |
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Jam and spreads | 11 |
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Nuts and seeds | 22 |
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Pickled vegetables | 11 |
| Fresh meat and seafood, meat products |
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Fresh fish | 5 |
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Shell fish | 3 |
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Smoked fish | 1 |
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Beef and veal (unprocessed) | 5 |
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Lamb (unprocessed) | 4 |
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Pork (unprocessed) | 4 |
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Poultry (unprocessed) | 2 |
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Sausages and small good | 5 |
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Meat alternatives | 6 |
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Processed meat | 63 |
| Other miscellaneous |
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Other desserts (including frozen juice and ice blocks, fruit crumbles, sponges/pudding, fruit pies, jelly, pavlova/meringues, sorbets, other desserts) | 21 |
| Sauces, spreads and seasonings |
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Mayonnaise/dressings | 15 |
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Meal accompaniments | 1 |
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Sauces/seasonings | 95 |
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Spreads | 23 |
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Other savory | 1 |
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Pate | 6 |
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Peanut butter and sweet spreads | 9 |
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Relished and pickles | 12 |
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Yeast extract | 2 |
| Snack foods |
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Crisps and snacks | 32 |
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Sweet snacks | 54 |
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Chewing gum | 7 |
| Total | 1445 | |