Table 3.
Type of checkout foods (grouped by NDNS food groups) by checkout food policy category
| NDNS food group | Products included | Checkout journeys where food group present, n (%) | p for trend | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All supermarkets | Checkout food policy category | |||||
| Clear and consistent | Vague or inconsistent | No policy | ||||
| Biscuits | Cream crackers, flapjacks, breadsticks, oatcakes, rice cakes, crispbread, cereal bars & protein snack bars, ice cream cornet/wafers, gluten free biscuits | 291 (27.9) | 63 (14.7) | 87 (17.5) | 27 (22.9) | < 0.001 |
| Bottled water, carbonated or still | 106 (10.2) | 53 (12.3) | 49 (9.9) | 4 (3.4) | 0.001 | |
| Buns, cakes, pastries & fruit pies | Purchased/retail buns, cakes or pastries; Danish pastries, currant bun, doughnuts, American muffins, Eccles cakes, Bakewell tarts, jam tarts, scones (sweet and savoury), sponge cakes, fruit cakes, eclairs, fruit loaf, malt loaf, gateaux, pastry, mince pies, sponge fingers, scotch pancakes, croissants, custard tart, lemon meringue pie, egg custard, caramel shortcake | 45 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 23 (4.6) | 19 (16.1) | < 0.001 |
| Chocolate confectionery | Chocolate bars, filled bars, assortments, carob, diabetic and low calorie chocolate, traditional snack bars | 241 (23.1) | 0 (0) | 165 (33.3) | 44 (37.3) | < 0.001 |
| Crisps & savoury snacks | All potato and cereal based snacks, popcorn (not sweet), twiglets, pretzels, pork scratchings, pea snacks, rice snacks, meat based snacks | 219 (21.0) | 50 (11.6) | 55 (11.1) | 29 (24.6) | < 0.001 |
| Dried fruit | Dried fruit without added sugar, dried fruit with sugar, banana chips | 160 (15.3) | 72 (16.7) | 68 (13.7) | 20 (16.9) | 0.59 |
| Fresh fruit | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.13 | |
| High fibre breakfast cereals | 15 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 15 (12.7) | < 0.001 | |
| Nuts & seeds | Fruit and nut mixes, coconut, salted peanuts, nut butters, tahini, bombay mix, snack bars based on dried fruit & nuts | 369 (35.3) | 88 (20.5) | 92 (18.5) | 23 (19.5) | 0.34 |
| Soft drinks, carbonated/still | 47 (4.5) | 3 (0.7) | 23 (4.6) | 6 (5.1) | < 0.001 | |
| Soft drinks, diet | 67 (6.4) | 14 (3.3) | 49 (9.9) | 4 (3.4) | 0.06 | |
| Sugary confectionery | Boiled sweets, gums, pastilles, fudge, chews, mints, rock, liquorice, toffees, chewing gum, sweet popcorn, ice lollies (not ice cream), nougat, halva | 326 (31.2) | 36 (8.4) | 213 (42.9) | 77 (65.3) | < 0.001 |
| Sugar-free confectionery | Sugar-free versions of products listed under ‘sugary confectionery’ | 377 (36.1) | 123 (28.6) | 237 (47.8) | 17 (14.4) | 0.57 |
| White bread | All types of bread & bread products made with white wheat flour | 11 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.6) | 8 (6.8) | < 0.001 |
| Soup | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0.651 | |