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. 2018 Nov 13;7:e29. doi: 10.1017/jns.2018.21

Table 2.

Food group intake (g/d) from each meal (n 242)*

(Medians and 25th and 75th percentiles)

Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snack
Median 25th percentile 75th percentile Median 25th percentile 75th percentile Median 25th percentile 75th percentile Median 25th percentile 75th percentile
Rice 70·9 8·8 127·7 125·4 90·9 166·9 124·6 92·5 162·5 0 0 0
Bread 18·0 2·3 41·9 1·3 0 9·4 0 0 0·3 0 0 2·1
Noodles 0 0 0 39·1 16·3 68·6 18·1 6·3 34·0 0 0 0
Other grains 1·3 0 4·7 6·3 3·0 11·2 9·0 4·5 13·5 0 0 2·1
Potatoes 3·1 0 9·2 9·2 4·3 17·1 21·4 14·2 30·2 0 0 3·2
Pulses† 9·4 0·9 22·7 10·7 4·6 20·4 27·3 18·8 40·9 1·1 0 4·2
Vegetables 53·5 17·9 89·0 85·2 57·3 112·3 141·0 112·0 174·0 0·1 0 4·3
Fruit 21·3 6·4 44·9 15·1 5·0 33·1 19·0 7·7 39·5 12·4 0·8 32·5
Fish‡ 5·6 0·7 16·5 23·7 14·8 34·1 48·0 34·8 64·7 0 0 0·6
Meat 4·6 1·0 8·8 20·6 14·1 31·3 38·2 25·7 54·9 0 0 0
Eggs 14·0 5·4 24·7 12·2 8·1 17·7 8·7 5·6 11·9 0 0 0·6
Dairy products 49·9 18·1 118·9 6·2 1·0 19·4 6·2 1·0 19·7 22·2 7·3 52·0
Confectioneries 0 0 4·6 0 0 6·3 0 0 4·4 26·5 11·3 42·1
Fruit and vegetable juice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alcoholic beverages 0 0 0·1 0·6 0·1 1·9 36·8 2·2 203·8 0 0 24·2
Soft drinks 0 0 6·3 0 0 5·2 0 0 0 12·7 0 40·5
Tea and coffee 145·7 102·9 217·6 154·2 117·1 202·7 126·4 61·9 187·5 238·1 120·3 371·0
Sugar§ 2·1 0·7 4·6 1·9 1·1 2·9 2·6 1·5 3·6 1·1 0·2 3·1
Fats and oils§ 2·2 1·0 3·7 4·8 3·2 6·5 5·4 3·6 7·3 0 0 0·6
Seasonings§ 20·5 5·8 67·6 48·4 32·4 77·7 63·6 40·2 97·7 0·1 0 1·3

* Calculated based on the original food composition database.

† Including nuts.

‡ Including shellfish.

§ Not considered in the development of the substituted generic meal database.