Table 5.

Spearman rank correlations (p-value) between price and weight and nutritional content of supermarket ready-meals.

Variable	Level	Weight (g)	Energy (kcal)	Fat (g)	Sat. fat (g)	Carbohydrate (g)	Sugar (g)	Protein (g)	Fibre (g)	Salt (g)
Meal range	Luxury	0.14 (0.536)	0.18 (0.418)	0.29 (0.187)	0.09 (0.694)	0.17 (0.440)	−0.02 (0.942)	0.17 (0.431)	−0.10 (0.657)	0.03 (0.903)
	Healthy	0.10 (0.568)	0.22 (0.220)	0.12 (0.508)	−0.02 (0.899)	−0.12 (0.484)	0.14 (0.409)	0.39 (0.020)	0.02 (0.913)	−0.39 (0.020)
	Standard	0.24 (0.047)	0.37 (0.001)	0.20 (0.097)	0.18 (0.132)	0.05 (0.662)	0.20 (0.095)	0.56 (<0.001)	0.18 (0.122)	−0.03 (0.810)
	Value	0.48 (0.003)	0.33 (0.049)	0.14 (0.403)	0.12 (0.503)	0.24 (0.157)	0.10 (0.563)	0.54 (<0.001)	−0.10 (0.573)	0.24 (0.165)
Meal type	Chicken tikka masala	0.52 (0.005)	0.46 (0.013)	0.46 (0.013)	0.41 (0.029)	0.16 (0.420)	0.42 (0.024)	0.66 (<0.001)	0.410 (0.030)	0.31 (0.111)
	Cottage pie	0.24 (0.174)	0.40 (0.018)	0.24 (0.169)	0.29 (0.096)	0.11 (0.545)	0.37 (0.033)	0.53 (0.001)	0.49 (0.003)	0.18 (0.315)
	Fish pie	0.25 (0.213)	0.48 (0.013)	0.35 (0.075)	0.41 (0.039)	−0.29 (0.155)	0.01 (0.960)	0.52 (0.006)	0.21 (0.292)	0.26 (0.203)
	Lasagne	0.34 (0.045)	0.49 (0.003)	0.41 (0.015)	0.41 (0.014)	−0.11 (0.537)	0.26 (0.125)	0.76 (<0.001)	0.01 (0.962)	−0.06 (0.722)
	Macaroni cheese	0.45 (0.039)	0.63 (0.002)	0.57 (0.007)	0.57 (0.007)	0.19 (0.400)	0.24 (0.285)	0.70 (<0.001)	0.22 (0.330)	0.07 (0.766)
	Sweet and sour chicken	0.53 (0.012)	0.61 (0.003)	0.43 (0.048)	0.39 (0.072)	0.27 (0.227)	0.26 (0.250)	0.67 (<0.001)	−0.04 (0.862)	0.09 (0.705)
All meals	–	0.36 (<0.001)	0.38 (<0.001)	0.31 (<0.001)	0.25 (0.001)	0.02 (0.820)	0.15 (0.058)	0.64 (<0.001)	0.23 (0.004)	0.14 (0.067)