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. 2017 Jun 29;14(7):700. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14070700

Table 1.

The scheme of an applied food frequency questionnaire including food products, serving sizes and frequencies in the IOdine Dietary INtake Evaluation-Food Frequency Questionnaire—IODINE-FFQ.

Group of Products Products Serving Size Number of Servings per Week
Dairy products Whet, sheep milk 300 g (large glass)
Milk and milk beverages (yoghurt, kefir, buttermilk, cream) 300 g (large glass)
Milk powder 10 g (tablespoon)
Condensed milk 10 g (tablespoon)
Camembert, brie cheese 150 g (packaging)
Rennet cheese 20 g (thin slice)
Cottage cheese 200 g (packaging)
Curd cheese, cream cheese spread 30 g (thin slice, tablespoon)
Fromage frais 150 g (packaging)
Processed cheese 25 g (slice, triangle serving)
Eggs 50 g (egg)
Meat Offal, lamb 100 g (palm of small hand)
Veal
Other types of meat
Cold cuts 15 g (thin slice of ham, 1/3 of wiener)
Fish Cod, pollock 100 g (palm of small hand)
Plaice, halibut, tuna, mackerel, salmon
Flounder, herring, sole, sardine
Trout, pike, perch, eel, carp
Smoked eel 50 g (half of palm of small hand)
Other smoked fishes
Fish products in tins and pickled herring 50 g (half of small tin, rollmop)
Herring in a creamy sauce 50 g (2 tablespoons)
Fats 10 g (tablespoon)
Cereal products Crispbread 10 g (slice)
Other types of bread 30 g (slice, half of a roll)
Wheat bran 5 g (tablespoon)
Cereals, cereal grains 5 g (tablespoon)
Rice, pasta, groats 100 g of cooked (glass)
Vegetables Broccoli, spinach 100 g (half of a glass, 1 glass of leafy vegetables)
Radish, turnip, asparagus, broad bean, kale, green peas, chives
Other vegetables
Legumes Peas 15 g of dry (tablespoon)
Other dry legumes
Potatoes 50 g (2 tablespoons of puree)
Fruits 100 g (half of a glass)
Nuts and seeds Hazelnuts, peanuts 30 g (handful)
Other
Beverages Coffee, tea 250 g (glass)
Fruit juices, beer
Wine 150 g (wineglass)
Other Chocolate 20 g (3–4 chocolate bar squares)
Iodine-fortified salt 5 g (teaspoon)
Gelatin