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. 2016 Aug 3;104(3):750–759. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.127944

TABLE 2.

Proportion of weighted-unadjusted calories purchased from brand categories among households with children by race/ethnicity and income for select years1

CPG food calories by brand, %
CPG beverage calories by brand, %
Subpopulation HWCF non-HWCF PL HWCF non-HWCF PL
Non-Hispanic white
 2000 43.8 32.8 23.4 32.2 32.8 35.0
 2003 42.0 33.1 24.9 33.3 32.2 34.5
 2006 41.3 32.5 26.2‡ 31.0 31.2 37.8‡
 2009 39.1‡ 32.0 28.9‡ 28.5‡ 32.5 39.0‡
 2012 36.6‡ 34.8‡ 28.6‡ 27.0‡ 32.8 40.2‡
Hispanic
 2000 41.2 36.8* 22.0 29.3* 36.6* 34.1
 2003 39.5 37.0* 23.4 31.7‡ 33.2 35.2
 2006 39.1 36.0 24.9‡ 31.0 32.3‡ 36.7‡
 2009 37.2‡ 36.1* 26.7‡ 27.3 33.9 38.8‡
 2012 35.2‡ 38.5 26.4‡ 26.5‡ 36.6* 37.0*‡
Non-Hispanic black
 2000 40.7* 34.9 24.4 33.7 34.4 32.0
 2003 38.8* 35.0 26.3 34.1 34.0 31.9*
 2006 40.1 33.7 26.1 33.4* 35.1* 31.4*
 2009 37.9‡ 35.1 27.0‡ 29.7‡ 36.9*‡ 33.4*
 2012 36.0‡ 36.9 27.0‡ 30.5*‡ 38.1*‡ 31.4*
≤185% FPL
 2000 38.8* 32.8 28.3* 30.8 31.5* 37.6*
 2003 35.9* 33.6 30.5*‡ 31.7 31.6* 36.8*
 2006 36.7* 32.3 31.0*‡ 31.3 30.5* 38.2*
 2009 35.6*‡ 32.1 32.3*‡ 29.4 30.9* 39.7*‡
 2012 34.5*‡ 35.2‡ 30.3* 29.0* 32.8* 38.1
186–400% FPL
 2000 43.5 33.5 22.9* 32.3 33.2 34.5
 2003 41.5 33.8 24.7* 33.6 31.9 34.5
 2006 41.3 33.3 25.4*‡ 31.6 31.5 37.0*‡
 2009 39.3‡ 32.9 27.8*‡ 27.9‡ 32.7* 39.3*‡
 2012 36.8‡ 35.6‡ 27.6*‡ 26.2‡ 34.4‡ 39.4‡
>400% FPL
 2000 47.3 34.6 18.1 32.5 36.3 31.1
 2003 45.2 34.7 20.0 33.8 34.6 31.6
 2006 44.9‡ 34.5 20.6‡ 31.3 34.9 33.8‡
 2009 41.7‡ 35.2 23.1‡ 27.9‡ 38.5‡ 33.5‡
 2012 38.1‡ 37.5‡ 24.4‡ 26.0‡ 36.4 37.6‡
1

The 2000–2013 Nielsen sample size = 708,175 household-quarter observations representing 2,146,375,933 household-quarters and University of North Carolina calculation based in part on data reported by Nielsen through its Homescan Services (21) for food and beverage categories in the 2000–2013 periods for the US market. *Difference in calories purchased compared with non-Hispanic white or >400%-FPL households with children during the same year, P < 0.01. ‡Difference in change in calories purchased compared with 2000, P < 0.01. CPG, consumer packaged goods; FPL, federal poverty line; HWCF, Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation’s 16 companies; NB, name brand; PL, private label.