Table 3.
Percentage contribution of whole grain (WG) food groups by age to whole grain eating occasions
| Children/teenager age group | Adult age group | |||||||||
| WG food group | 1·5–5 | 5–12 | 13–17 | 18–24 | 25–34 | 35–44 | 45–54 | 55–64 | 65+ | Total |
| RTEC | 38·7 | 34·7 | 32·3 | 33·6 | 28·1 | 26·8 | 27·7 | 26·3 | 24·5 | 31·0 |
| Bread | 35·6 | 35·2 | 35·1 | 41·1 | 42·7 | 44·7 | 44·5 | 46·3 | 41·1 | 39·7 |
| Sweet snacks | 11·7 | 19·8 | 21·0 | 10·9 | 15·8 | 12·5 | 11·1 | 10·7 | 13·7 | 14·6 |
| Porridge | 7·0 | 4·0 | 2·4 | 2·9 | 3·0 | 5·4 | 5·8 | 7·4 | 10·6 | 5·8 |
| Savoury snacks | 1·8 | 2·5 | 5·5 | 7·1 | 3·6 | 4·4 | 5·2 | 3·2 | 4·3 | 3·7 |
| Other cereals | 3·2 | 1·8 | 1·5 | 1·5 | 2·6 | 3·9 | 3·6 | 4·0 | 4·4 | 3·0 |
| Rice | 0·9 | 0·6 | 1·6 | 1·5 | 3·7 | 1·5 | 1·0 | 1·0 | 0·7 | 1·2 |
| Pasta | 1·0 | 1·3 | 0·6 | 0·6 | 0·1 | 0·7 | 0·5 | 0·9 | 0·2 | 0·8 |
| Bakes | 0·1 | 0·1 | 0·0 | 0·8 | 0·4 | 0·1 | 0·6 | 0·2 | 0·5 | 0·2 |
| Consumers (n) | 426 | 514 | 335 | 143 | 167 | 263 | 233 | 218 | 270 | |
| Total | 1275 | 1294 | 2569 | |||||||
| Total number of WG eating occasions | 2109 | 2232 | 1220 | 479 | 727 | 1196 | 1166 | 1197 | 1654 | |
| Total | 5561 | 6419 | 11 980 |
RTEC, ready-to-eat cereals.