Appendix - Table2.
Type, sources, and nutrition quality of foods and drinks from Bronx food pantries using traditional prefilled bags (n = 12 pantries); foods reportedly available to clients near the back of the linea
| Number of items | Percentage of offerings | NuVal® scores by pantry | NuVal® across all pantries | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item characteristic | Mean n across pantries | Min n at any pantry | Max n at any pantry | Mean % across pantries | Min % at any pantry | Max % at any pantry | Mean of all pantries’ mean scores | Mean of all pantries’ min score | Mean of all pantries’ max score | Median score | Min score | Max score |
| Total items | 9.0 | 1 | 23 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 60.7 | 13.8 | 89.8 | 83 | 1 | 100 |
| Food or drink | ||||||||||||
| Food items | 7.9 | 1 | 21 | 85.3 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 66.4 | 28.5 | 89.8 | 84 | 1 | 100 |
| Drink items | 1.1 | 0 | 2 | 14.7 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 37.6 | 17.6 | 57.6 | 11 | 2 | 89 |
| Item form | ||||||||||||
| Fresh | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Refrigerated or frozen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shelf stable | 8.8 | 0 | 23 | 90.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 56.7 | 6.0 | 88.9 | 77 | 1 | 100 |
| Food-group category | ||||||||||||
| Fruit | 1.8 | 0 | 4 | 22.6 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 55.1 | 31.3 | 75.0 | 62 | 4 | 99 |
| Vegetable | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | 29.2 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 78.9 | 66.5 | 88.3 | 95 | 10 | 100 |
| Grain | 2.1 | 0 | 8 | 15.6 | 0.0 | 34.8 | 73.8 | 56.3 | 88.6 | 84 | 9 | 94 |
| Dairy | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 89.0 | 89.0 | 89.0 | 89 | 89 | 89 |
| Protein | 1.8 | 0 | 7 | 19.9 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 54.4 | 39.8 | 67.1 | 62 | 24 | 100 |
| Other | 0.8 | 0 | 3 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 10.4 | 3 | 1 | 29 |
| Item source | ||||||||||||
| Food Bank | 7.8 | 0 | 23 | 74.1 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 60.4 | 6.2 | 91.6 | 84 | 1 | 100 |
| City Harvest | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Corporations/ Businesses | 0.5 | 0 | 6 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 18.7 | 1.0 | 29.0 | 21.5 | 1 | 29 |
| Local Produce Link | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Detailed item category | ||||||||||||
| Fresh produce | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Processed produce | 3.2 | 0 | 7 | 35.2 | 0.0 | 70.0 | 69.7 | 44.8 | 85.5 | 88 | 4 | 100 |
| Whole-grain products | 0.8 | 0 | 3 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 93.1 | 93.0 | 93.3 | 93 | 93 | 94 |
| Nuts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cheese/yogurt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Red/processed meats | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 26.3 | 26.3 | 26.3 | 24 | 24 | 31 |
| Fish | 0.4 | 0 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 72.8 | 67.0 | 78.0 | 77 | 58 | 91 |
| Poultry | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 29.4 | 29.4 | 29.4 | 25 | 25 | 43 |
| Beans, lentils, legumes | 0.8 | 0 | 3 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 78.6 | 66.6 | 89.6 | 92 | 29 | 100 |
| Salty snacks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sweet | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| Other refined-grain item | 1.3 | 0 | 5 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 64.9 | 51.0 | 81.3 | 65 | 9 | 84 |
| Milk | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 89.0 | 89.0 | 89.0 | 89 | 89 | 89 |
| 100% juice | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
| Sugary drinks | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Diet drinks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Water/carbonated water | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
a
Pre-filled bags could reportedly vary in terms of size and content based on a client’s position in line; the values in this table are based on items pantry workers reported as among those that would be available to clients in the last bags of the day.