Table 1.

Distribution of scores and portions for the components of the Brazilian Healthy Eating Index-Revised, 2011.

Components	Score Range
	0	5	8	10	20
Total grains a	0	2 portions/1000 kcal
Whole grains b	0	1 portion/1000 kcal
Total vegetables and legumes c	0	1 portion/1000 kcal
DGOV and legumes d	0	0.5 portion/1000 kcal
Total fruits e	0	1 portion/1000 kcal
Whole fruits f	0	0.5 portion/1000 kcal
Meat, eggs and legumes g	0			1 portion/1000 kcal
Milk and dairy h	0			1.5 portion/1000 kcal
Oils i	0			0.5 portion/1000 kcal
Saturated fat j	≥15% TEV		10% TEV	≤7% TEV
Sodium k	≥2.0 g/1000 kcal		1.0 g/1000 kcal	≤0.75 g/1000 kcal
SoFAAS l	≥35% TEV				≤10% TEV

^a All grains plus bread, pasta, cake, pancake and rolls. ^b All foods with whole grain cereal, such as brown rice, oats, linseed, whole meal flour and cornmeal. ^c All vegetables plus legumes, but only if they surpass the total score for the meat, eggs and legumes component. ^d All dark green and yellow vegetables (DGOV) plus legumes, but only if they surpass the total score for the meat, eggs and legumes component. ^e All fruits including fruit juices. ^f All fruits excluding fruit juices. ^g All types of meat, eggs, soy products and all legumes. ^h All types of milk excluding pediatric formulas, heavy cream from milk and butter. ⁱ Vegetable and fish liquid oils; non-hydrogenated salad sauce, heavy cream from milk or similar is excluded. ^j Total saturated fat from diet. ^k Sodium from foods plus sodium from salt. ^l Calories from solid fat, alcohol and added sugar. SoFAAS, calories from solid fat, alcohol and added sugar; TEV, total energy value.