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. 2015 Jul 3;49:38. doi: 10.1590/S0034-8910.2015049006132

Table 2. Distribution (%) of total energy intake according to food groups and consumption items in strata of the Brazilian population aged 10 years or over referring to quintiles of ultra-processed food consumption (2008-2009).

Food group and consumable items Quintile of ultra-processed food consumption (% of total energy)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
Natural or minimally processed foods and culinary preparations using them as base 87.8 79.9 72.4 62.7 44.9h
 Rice 17.1 14.6 13.0 10.8 7.8h
 Beans 14.7 12.0 10.8 8.7 5.7h
 Beef or pork 12.1 11.2 10.6 9.2 6.7h
 Fruita 6.2 7.4 7.7 7.5 6.2
 Other cerealsb 7.5 7.0 6.0 5.5 4.0h
 Milk 5.4 5.9 5.9 5.6 4.1h
 Poultry 5.5 5.8 5.1 4.7 3.3h
 Roots and tubers 5.8 4.6 3.7 3.2 2.3h
 Coffee and tea 4.2 3.5 2.8 2.4 1.4h
 Fish 3.2 2.3 1.6 1.0 0.5h
 Vegetables 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.0
 Eggs 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.2 0.7h
Other foods, their preparations and mixed preparationsc 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.7 1.2h
Processed foods 10.4 10.5 9.7 8.5 5.8h
 French bread 8.1 8.4 7.6 6.4 4.2h
 Cheese 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.1h
 Processed meat 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.5h
 Canned fruits and @vegetables 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1h
Ultra-processed foods 1.8 9.6 17.9 28.7 49.2h
 Cakes, tarts and cookies 0.2 1.2 2.1 3.9 7.5h
 Fast food dishesd 0.1 0.7 1.9 3.8 8.0h
 Sugar-sweetened beverages 0.4 1.5 2.7 3.7 5.0h
 Sliced bread, hamburger, hot dog and other processed breads 0.1 1.2 2.6 3.7 4.3h
 Confectionarye 0.1 0.6 1.3 2.9 6.0h
 Crackers and chips 0.3 1.4 2.1 2.4 4.0h
 Processed meats 0.2 0.9 1.6 2.1 2.5h
 Ready or semi-ready mealsf 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.9 6.1h
 Sweetened dairy drinks 0.1 0.4 1.2 2.3 4.2h
 Other productsg 0.4 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.7h
Total 100 100 100 100 100

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h See Table 1.

h p < 0.001 for the linear tendency of the variation from the contribution of the item based on the quintiles of ultra-processed food consumption.