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. 2016 Sep 30;60:10.3402/fnr.v60.32444. doi: 10.3402/fnr.v60.32444

Table 2.

Dietary sources of energy, energy nutrients, and dietary fibre in all children, girls, and boys

All (n=430) Girls (n=213) Boys (n=217)



Ranka Food group % of intake % of intake % of intake
Energy
1 Low-fibre grain products 9.4 9.5 9.4
2 Skimmed milk 7.6 7.5 7.7
3 High-fibre bread 5.5 5.7 5.4
4 Fat-containing milk 5.4 5.4 5.3
5 Sour milk products 4.5 4.3 4.6
6 Candy 4.4 4.3 4.6
7 Low-fibre bread 4.0 4.0 4.0
8 Pork 3.7 3.4 3.9
9 Sugar-sweetened beverage 3.3 3.2 3.4
10 Potato 3.3 3.3 3.2
Protein
1 Skimmed milk 18.3 18.2 18.4
2 Pork 9.2 8.7 9.7
3 Fat-containing milk 9.2 9.4 9.0
4 Low-fibre grain products 6.5 6.6 6.4
5 Beef 5.8 5.9 5.7
6 High-fibre bread 5.0 5.1 4.8
7 Poultry 4.6 4.8 4.4
8 Sour milk products 4.3 4.2 4.3
9 Sausage 3.7 3.1 4.2
10 Low-fibre bread 3.6 3.6 3.6
Total fat
1 High-fat vegetable oil–based spreads 9.1 10.0 8.4
2 Shortenings and other added fats 8.1 8.6 7.7
3 Sausage 7.2 6.2 8.0
4 Pork 6.9 6.5 7.2
5 Butter and butter-based spreads 6.6 6.3 6.8
6 Vegetable oil 6.5 6.2 6.8
7 Fat-containing milk 5.4 5.3 5.4
8 Cream and other dairy products 5.3 5.8 4.8
9 Chocolate and hot chocolate powder 5.0 4.6 5.3
10 Ice cream and pudding 4.8 5.3 4.4
Saturated fatty acids
1 Fat-containing milk 8.8 8.7 8.9
2 Cream and other dairy products 8.3 9.2 7.5
3 Butter and butter-based spreads 7.9 7.7 8.1
4 Shortenings and other added fats 7.9 8.3 7.5
5 Ice cream and pudding 7.2 7.9 6.6
6 Chocolate and hot chocolate powder 7.0 6.5 7.4
7 Sausage 6.8 5.8 7.6
8 High-fat vegetable oil–based spreads 6.6 7.3 6.0
9 Pork 6.2 5.9 6.5
10 Cheese 6.2 5.5 6.8
Monounsaturated fatty acids
1 Vegetable oil–based spreads 12.2 13.4 11.2
2 Sausage 9.6 8.3 10.7
3 Vegetable oil 9.3 8.9 9.6
4 Pork 9.0 8.4 9.4
5 Shortenings and other added fats 8.5 9.0 8.1
6 Butter and butter-based spreads 5.3 5.0 5.7
7 Chocolate and hot chocolate powder 4.8 4.4 5.0
8 Cream and other dairy products 4.0 4.3 3.8
9 Ice cream and pudding 3.5 3.8 3.2
10 Fat-containing milk 3.2 3.2 3.3
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
1 Vegetable oil 15.0 14.1 15.8
2 High-fat vegetable oil–based spreads 13.8 14.8 12.9
3 Shortenings and other added fats 11.0 11.9 10.2
4 Sausage 5.9 5.1 6.6
5 Pork 5.9 5.5 6.2
6 Low-fat vegetable oil–based spreads 5.5 4.9 6.0
7 Salty snacks 5.5 5.7 5.2
8 Low-fibre grain products 4.2 4.2 4.1
9 High-fibre bread 3.4 3.5 3.3
10 Butter and butter-based spreads 3.2 2.8 3.5
Carbohydrates
1 Low-fibre grain products 14.8 14.8 14.8
2 Skimmed milk 8.5 8.3 8.7
3 Candy 8.3 7.9 8.7
4 High-fibre bread 8.0 8.2 7.9
5 Sugar-sweetened beverage 6.1 5.9 6.2
6 Low-fibre bread 5.7 5.6 5.7
7 Potato 5.5 5.6 5.4
8 Sour milk products 5.2 4.9 5.4
9 Fruit 5.0 5.5 4.5
10 Sugar and honey 4.5 4.7 4.3
Sucrose
1 Sugar-sweetened beverage 21.2 20.5 21.7
2 Sugar and honey 17.5 18.4 16.6
3 Sour milk products 14.5 13.6 15.3
4 Candy 9.7 9.2 10.1
5 Chocolate and hot chocolate powder 8.0 7.4 8.5
6 Ice cream and pudding 6.4 6.8 6.0
7 Fruit 6.2 6.8 5.6
8 Sweet pastry 2.4 2.2 2.6
9 Fruit juice 2.4 2.1 2.6
10 Low-fibre breakfast cereals 2.0 2.2 1.9
Dietary fibre
1 High-fibre bread 27.1 27.1 27.2
2 Fruit 11.7 12.4 11.0
3 Low-fibre grain products 10.9 10.7 11.0
4 High-fibre grain products 8.3 7.7 8.7
5 Potato 8.1 8.1 8.1
6 Low-fibre bread 7.5 7.1 7.8
7 Non-root vegetables 6.0 6.3 5.6
8 Berry 3.6 3.7 3.5
9 Root vegetables 3.3 3.7 3.0
10 High-fibre breakfast cereals 2.0 1.8 2.2
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Rank for all children.