Table 1.
Proportion of Different Toddler Food Categories, High-sodium Toddler Foods, and Toddler Foods with at least 25% Sugar-Derived Calories Sold in Low- and High-income New York City Zip Codes
| Product description of toddler foods | Percent proportion of different toddler foods |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-income zip codes | High-income zip codes | ||
| Total number of toddler foods | 42.6% | 57.4% | 272 |
| Breakfast foods | 7.8% | 10.9% | 26 |
| Meals | 51.7% | 45.5% | 131 |
| Side dishes | 6.0% | 3.8% | 13 |
| Snacks and yogurt blends | 34.5% | 39.7% | 102 |
| High-sodium foods | 27.6% | 26.9% | 74 |
| High-sodium breakfast foods | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| High-sodium meals | 43.3% | 42.3 | 56 |
| High-sodium side dishes | 85.7% | 100 | 12 |
| High-sodium snacks and yogurt blends | 0% | 9.7% | 6 |
| Foods with at least 20% of their calories from sugar | 37.1% | 44.2% | 112 |
| Foods with sugar, sucrose and/or high fructose corn syrup listed among the first five ingredients | 50.9% | 26.9% | 101 |
| Foods with at least 20% of sugar-derived calories that have sugar, sucrose and/or high fructose corn syrup listed among the first five ingredients | 60.5% | 26.1% | 44 |
| Breakfast foods and cereals with sugar, sucrose and/or high fructose corn syrup listed among the first five ingredients | 55.6% | 23.5% | 9 |
| Meals with sugar, sucrose and/or high fructose corn syrup listed among the first five ingredients | 46.7% | 33.8% | 52 |
| Side dishes with sugar, sucrose and/or high fructose corn syrup listed among the first five ingredients | 85.7% | 50.0% | 69 |
| Snacks and yogurt blends with sugar, sucrose and/or high fructose corn syrup listed among the first five ingredients | 50.0% | 17.7% | 31 |