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. 2016 Aug 4;5:e33. doi: 10.1017/jns.2016.25

Table 2.

Whole-grain (WG) foods items noted to be consumed by participants using 24 h dietary recalls

WG eating occasions per food item WG eating occasions per food group
Food group WG food products Grain source Estimated portion weight (g)* WG/ 100 g g WG/ portion % n % n
Pasta and noodles 6·9 24
Brown rice beehoon/vermicelli Rice 176·0 26·1 45·9 1·4 5
Soba noodles, cooked Buckwheat 137·5 30·9 42·5 4·0 14
Wholemeal pasta, cooked† Wheat 222·0 30·9 68·6 1·4 5
Rice 29·5 102
Brown or red rice, cooked‡ Rice 195·0 34·0 66·3 27·5 95
Brown rice porridge Rice 256·0 6·5 16·6 2·0 7
Bread 28·9 100
Mixed grain bread, WG Wheat 36·0 49·0 17·6 3·2 11
Oat and honey bread Oats 36·0 11·8 4·2 2·0 7
Wholemeal bread Wheat 36·0 54·8 19·7 23·7 82
RTEBC 18·8 65
Brown rice cereal Rice 30·0 22·0 6·6 0·9 3
Granola Mixed 40·0 48·8 19·5 0·9 3
RTEBC1 Wheat 30·0 24·0 7·2 0·9 3
RTEBC2 Mixed 30·0 25·9 7·8 2·6 9
RTEBC3 Wheat 30·0 25·0 7·5 9·5 33
RTEBC4 Wheat 30·0 24·3 7·3 3·5 12
RTEBC5 Mixed 48·8 40·0 19·5 0·6 2
Hot cereal 6·1 21
Oatmeal porridge Oats 121·5 11·0 13·4 6·1 21
Sweet snacks 8·4 29
Digestive biscuits Wheat 10·0 13·8 1·4 1·2 4
Muesli bar Mixed 28·0 40·1 11·2 0·9 3
Oatmeal biscuits Oats 14·0 14·3 2·0 2·3 8
Popcorn, sweet or salted Maize 43·5 61·4 26·7 4·0 14
Savoury snacks 1·4 5
Tortilla chips Maize 50·0 63·4 31·7 1·2 4
Whole-wheat crackers Wheat 10·0 20·8 2·1 0·3 1

RTEBC, ready to eat breakfast cereal.

*

Estimated portion weight data are representative of portion sizes consumed in the study.

†

Wholemeal pasta originally calculated from dry weight and subsequently converted to cooked weight due to food composition code used in dietary analysis.

‡

One participant presented rice and dry weight portion size and is included in the cooked rice list.