Table 1.
Food group classifications *.
| Milk and Milk Products | Vegetables | Pasta mixed dishes |
| Breast milk | Baby food (vegetables) | Sweets |
| Infant formula (iron fortified powder or fluid) | Dark green/dark green mixtures | Cookies |
| Cow’s milk (fluid, powdered, flavored, whole or reduced-fat) | White potatoes or starchy/starchy mixtures | Cakes |
| Cheese | Deep yellow/deep yellow mixtures | Pies & pastries |
| Yogurt (baby food yogurt or yogurt) | Vegetables (all other/other mixtures) | Sweetened breads (sweet rolls, doughnuts, muffins) |
| Meat/Poultry/Fish/Meat Alternates | 100% vegetable juice | Candy |
| Baby food (meat) | Fruit | Mexican desserts |
| Meats (chicken, turkey or beef) | Baby food (fruit) (apples and apple mixture, bananas and banana mixtures, pear and pear mixtures, other fruit/fruit mixtures) | Ice cream/frozen yogurt/puddings |
| Fish/shellfish | Canned fruit | Sugars |
| Game | Fresh or frozen fruit (bananas, berries, nectarines & peaches, pears, melons, guava, other fruit) | Syrups |
| Hot dogs/cold cuts/bacon/sausage | 100% baby fruit juice | Preserves/jelly |
| Organ meats | 100% fruit juice | Fruit-flavored drinks |
| Pork/ham | Mixed Dishes | Carbonated sodas |
| Dried beans | Beans & rice, chili, bean mixtures with or without meat | Sweetened tea and coffee |
| Eggs & egg dishes | Beef or pork with vegetables and /or rice/pasta/potatoes | Artificially sweetened powdered beverages |
| Peanut/nuts/seeds | Chicken or turkey with vegetables and /or rice/pasta/potatoes | Yakult (skimmed milk fermented with Lactobacillus casei) |
| Vegetarian meat substitutes | Fish or shellfish with vegetables and/or rice/pasta/potatoes | Traditional beverages (atoles, licuados or aguas frescas) |
| Grains and Grain Products | Soups & stews | Other |
| Infant cereal | Meat tacos | Butter |
| Breakfast cereals (plain cereal, cereal flakes, corn flakes or oatmeal) | Vegetable & cheese tacos | Sour cream (whole or reduced fat) |
| Bread/rolls/biscuits/bagels | Enchiladas | Salty snacks (grain snacks and those made from starchy vegetables) |
| Tortillas (plain) | Tortillas with fillings/toppings | Condiments, herbs and seasonings |
| Bars/cereal/granola | Tamales | Salad dressing |
| Crackers/pretzels/rice cakes | Sandwiches & tortas | Water |
| Pancakes/waffles/French toast | Wheat-based pasta mixed dishes | Mineral water |
| Pasta | Pizza | Salsas, moles, adobo |
| Rice | Rice-based mixed dishes | Supplements (fortified or vitamins) |
* The food classification scheme was adapted from the one developed by for the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study [26] and modified to include commonly consumed foods among Mexican children. All foods and beverages were classified into these 76 mutually exclusive categories.