Table 2.

Mean estimated energy-adjusted monetary cost for diets meeting and failing to meet UK dietary recommendations for key nutrient and food groups (advised by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition) among 2045 adults participating in Years 1–4 of the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey Rolling Programme, 2008–2012

			Crude energy-adjusted cost (£/2000 kcal)		Covariate-adjusted energy-adjusted cost* (£/2000 kcal)
		n	Mean	95 % CI	Mean	95 % CI
Fruit and vegetables	Meets	664	6·20	6·00, 6·39	6·13	5·94, 6·32
Five 80 g portions/d	Fails	1381	5·23	5·13, 5·33	5·26	5·16, 5·36
Oily fish	Meets	436	6·32	6·15, 6·49	6·23	6·06, 6·40
Two 140 g portions/week, one of which is oily fish	Fails	1609	5·33	5·22, 5·44	5·36	5·25, 5·46
Red and processed meats	Meets	1215	5·47	5·34, 5·60	5·45	5·31, 5·59
Less than the population mean (73 g/d)	Fails	830	5·63	5·51, 5·76	5·66	5·53, 5·78
Non-milk extrinsic sugars	Meets	1020	5·69	5·55, 5·84	5·67	5·53, 5·81
Less than 11 % of food energy	Fails	1025	5·39	5·27, 5·51	5·41	5·29, 5·53
Fat	Meets	1011	5·70	5·55, 5·86	5·72	5·56, 5·87
Less than 35 % of food energy	Fails	1034	5·38	5·27, 5·48	5·36	5·26, 5·46
Saturated fat	Meets	594	5·94	5·75, 6·12	5·98	5·80, 6·16
Less than 11 % of food energy	Fails	1451	5·37	5·26, 5·47	5·35	5·25, 5·45
Fibre	Meets	361	5·65	5·41, 5·90	5·58	5·34, 5·82
More than 18 g/d	Fails	1684	5·51	5·42, 5·61	5·53	5·43, 5·63
Salt	Meets	1221	5·61	5·49, 5·74	5·61	5·48, 5·75
Less than 6 g salt/d	Fails	824	5·43	5·31, 5·55	5·43	5·32, 5·55

1 kcal=4·184 kJ.

^*Adjusted for age, sex and occupational social class, indicated using the National Statistics Socio-economic Classification.