FIGURE 2.

Adjusted proportion of household-level food purchases exceeding saturated fat, sugar, and sodium recommendations by degree of processing and level of convenience, Homescan 2012. Weighted adjusted percentage of household-level food purchases within a category defined by (A) degree of processing or (B) convenience that have >10% kcal saturated fat, >15% kcal sugar, >2400 mg sodium/2000 kcal, or exceed all 3 DGA/FDA-recommended limits. The 95% CIs are indicated by brackets. Nutrient content was calculated at the household level for all food purchases in 2012 within a category of processing or convenience. Determined from survey-weighted adjusted logistic regression models regressing the binary outcome of exceeding recommendations on processing or convenience level (dummy variables), with adjustment for the % kcal from food groups (quartiles) and with market-level clustering. Stata’s “margins” command was used to determine the predicted probability that purchases in each category exceeded DGA/FDA-recommended limits. Data from the 2012 Homescan panel of household purchases of consumer packaged goods: (A) n = 177,726 household-level purchases of processed foods (less processed: n = 59,175; moderately processed: n = 59,267; highly processed: n = 59,284); (B) n = 177,566 household-level purchases of convenience foods (requires cooking and/or preparation: n = 59,043; ready-to-heat: n = 59,240; ready-to-eat: n = 59,283). “Less processed” includes minimally processed and basic processed products. “Ready-to-heat” includes products requiring minimal preparation. *Significantly different from less-processed foods (Figure 2A) or foods requiring cooking and/or preparation (Figure 2B). Wald test with P < 0.001 to account for multiple comparisons and sample size. DGA, Dietary Guidelines for Americans.