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. 2018 Mar 19;10(3):374. doi: 10.3390/nu10030374

Table 2.

The six main categories of constructs elicited from the mothers.

Construct Categories Number of Times the Participants Used the Construct
Health and Well-being 41
e.g., Unhealthy/healthy
Hyperactivity
e.g., No effect on behaviour/can affect behaviour
Nutrition
e.g., Less nutrition for children/more nutrition for children;
Contains no protein/contains protein
Satiety/Digestion
e.g., Does not keep him full/keeps him full
Teeth
e.g., Bad for teeth/better for teeth
Sugar—natural and artificial, intrinsic and extrinsic 33
e.g., Contains no sugar/contains sugar;
Natural sugar/artificial sugar;
Dairy 28
e.g., Not milk-based/milk-based;
No calcium/contains calcium
Packaging 25
e.g., Not a plastic bottle/plastic bottle
One time open/resealable
Additives 22
e.g., Close to nature/contains additives
Pure, natural/man-made, artificial 19
e.g., No or few natural ingredients/contains natural ingredients
Preparation 19
e.g., Not ready-made/ready made
Fruit juice, fruit-based, made from real fruit 17
e.g., Fruit-based/not fruit-based
Carbonation 15
e.g., Not-carbonated/carbonated
Flavouring 14
e.g., Natural flavour/artificial flavour
Soft Drink 11
e.g., Not a soft-drink/soft drink
Diet Claims 9
e.g., non diet/diet
Targeted to Children 9
e.g., Not tailored to children/tailored to children
Real/Processed 8
e.g., Not processed/processed
Miscellaneous 8
e.g., Weak brand/strong brand
Plant-based/animal-based
Less tasty/more tasty
Single serve/multiple serves
Water 7
e.g., Little water concentration/essentially water
Caffeine 6
e.g., No caffeine/contains caffeine
Organic 6
e.g., Not organic/organic
Appearance 5
e.g., Clear-opaque
Context 4
e.g., Not a breakfast drink/breakfast drink
Not a night-time drink-night time drink
Convenience/Cost Value 4
e.g., Free, not-bought/must be purchased
Have at home/have to buy
Origin/Environment 3
e.g., Made in Australia/overseas owned
Not environmentally friendly/environmentally friendly
Total 312