Appendix - Table 3.
Type, sources, and nutrition quality of foods and drinks from Bronx food pantries for using ‘client choice’ (n = 9 pantries); foods reportedly available to clients near the front 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 | 34.6 | 9 | 65 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 69.8 | 5.7 | 100.0 | 84 | 1 | 100 |
| Food or drink | ||||||||||||
| Food items | 31.0 | 8 | 60 | 89.9 | 84.6 | 96.7 | 72.9 | 6.8 | 100.0 | 88 | 1 | 100 |
| Drink items | 3.6 | 1 | 10 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 15.4 | 49.5 | 29.2 | 70.8 | 24 | 2 | 100 |
| Item form | ||||||||||||
| Fresh | 10.1 | 1 | 30 | 28.3 | 4.5 | 55.6 | 93.4 | 64.4 | 100.0 | 100 | 2 | 100 |
| Refrigerated or frozen | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 45.0 | 22.5 | 67.5 | 37 | 7 | 99 |
| Shelf stable | 24.0 | 4 | 56 | 70.6 | 44.4 | 95.5 | 59.8 | 5.7 | 99.0 | 76 | 1 | 100 |
| Food-group category | ||||||||||||
| Fruit | 7.2 | 2 | 17 | 22.1 | 9.2 | 36.4 | 53.5 | 6.6 | 99.7 | 37 | 1 | 100 |
| Vegetable | 12.0 | 3 | 28 | 35.7 | 13.6 | 66.7 | 92.5 | 61.0 | 100.0 | 100 | 20 | 100 |
| Grain | 6.4 | 0 | 22 | 17.3 | 0.0 | 33.8 | 56.6 | 21.5 | 85.0 | 65 | 8 | 94 |
| Dairy | 1.6 | 0 | 4 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 86.9 | 80.7 | 94.1 | 89 | 38 | 100 |
| Protein | 5.4 | 1 | 13 | 16.6 | 6.5 | 31.8 | 66.4 | 37.2 | 89.1 | 77 | 25 | 100 |
| Other | 1.9 | 0 | 5 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 11.8 | 7.4 | 16.7 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| Item source | ||||||||||||
| Food Bank | 12.6 | 0 | 53 | 37.2 | 0.0 | 85.7 | 67.5 | 21.5 | 96.5 | 83.5 | 1 | 100 |
| City Harvest | 5.8 | 0 | 24 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 51.1 | 77.7 | 19.2 | 99.8 | 100 | 2 | 100 |
| Corporations/ Businesses | 1.6 | 0 | 5 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 55.6 | 61.4 | 44.0 | 81.3 | 79.5 | 23 | 100 |
| Local Produce Link | 0.8 | 0 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Detailed item category | ||||||||||||
| Fresh produce | 9.3 | 1 | 30 | 26.5 | 4.5 | 55.6 | 99.5 | 96.0 | 100.0 | 100 | 88 | 100 |
| Processed produce | 8.6 | 2 | 17 | 26.2 | 16.9 | 32.3 | 66.2 | 19.2 | 97.9 | 83 | 1 | 100 |
| Whole-grain products | 1.7 | 0 | 5 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 75.9 | 57.8 | 92.0 | 93 | 38 | 94 |
| Nuts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cheese/yogurt | 0.3 | 0 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 68.5 | 38.0 | 99.0 | 68.5 | 38 | 99 |
| Red/processed meats | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28 | 25 | 31 |
| Fish | 1.4 | 0 | 2 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 71.9 | 62.7 | 81.0 | 77 | 51 | 91 |
| Poultry | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 27.8 | 27.8 | 27.8 | 25 | 25 | 36 |
| Beans, lentils, legumes | 3.2 | 0 | 11 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 86.0 | 59.7 | 100.0 | 84 | 28 | 100 |
| Salty snacks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sweet | 0.8 | 0 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 9.0 | 6.4 | 11.6 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| Other refined-grain item | 4.8 | 0 | 17 | 12.4 | 0.0 | 26.2 | 49.0 | 21.5 | 77.8 | 51 | 8 | 93 |
| Milk | 1.2 | 0 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 90.0 | 87.8 | 93.3 | 89 | 82 | 100 |
| 100% juice | 1.6 | 0 | 4 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 13.6 | 19.6 | 15.0 | 24.8 | 24 | 6 | 29 |
| Sugary drinks | 0.7 | 0 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| Diet drinks | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Water/carbonated water | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
a
Options available for selection in a ‘client choice’ model often reportedly depended 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 at the start of a pantry session.