Table 2.
Mean price in cents per ounce of sugar-sweetened and other beverages in food stores in Cook County, IL, St. Louis City and County, MO, Oakland, CA, and Sacramento, CA, in 2017.
| Categories | Overall | Individual size | Family size |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSBs (n = 11,767; 6504; 5263) | 4.8 (4.2) | 9.6 (5.9) | 3.5 (2.2) |
| Soda (n = 5220; 2013; 3207) | 3.4 (1.9) | 7.8 (1.6) | 2.9 (1.2) |
| Sports drink (n = 1931; 1486; 445) | 4.8 (2.2) | 5.6 (2.3) | 3.4 (0.9) |
| Energy drink (n = 2276; 1788; 488) | 19.9 (6.3) | 20.2 (6.3) | 17.2 (5.9) |
| Ready-to-drink tea and coffee (n = 1454; 996; 458) | 7.8 (6.3) | 10.2 (6.7) | 6.3 (5.5) |
| Juice drink (non-100% juice) (n = 886; 221; 665) | 5.2 (3.3) | 12.3 (2.3) | 4.0 (1.4) |
| ASBs (n = 6560; 3423; 3137) | 4.5 (4.1) | 9.4 (5.9) | 3.2 (2.0) |
| Soda (n = 3916; 1463; 2453) | 3.7 (2.2) | 8.1 (1.4) | 3.0 (1.2) |
| Sports drink (n = 623; 455; 168) | 5.1 (2.2) | 5.4 (2.3) | 3.7 (1.1) |
| Energy drink (n = 1795; 1436; 359) | 19.6 (6.2) | 20.2 (6.1) | 17.0 (5.9) |
| Unsweetened (n = 5213; 1992; 3221) | 2.8 (2.5) | 9.2 (3.5) | 2.4 (1.6) |
| Water (n = 1150; 1048; 102) | 1.6 (1.6) | 7.0 (1.9) | 1.2 (0.3) |
| Milk (n = 2907; 284; 2623) | 3.5 (1.9) | 12.5 (2.7) | 3.3 (1.0) |
| 100% Juice (n = 776; 378; 398) | 7.9 (3.3) | 13.3 (2.2) | 6.4 (1.6) |
Mean prices per ounce are shown with standard deviations in parentheses, weighted to be representative of volume sold by beverage sweetener status (SSB/ASB/unsweetened), category, and size in all four sites, and the two-mile buffers surrounding them, in June 2016–May 2017. Overall, individual size, and family size sample sizes for each row shown in parentheses separated by semicolons.
SSB, sugar-sweetened beverage; ASB, artificially-sweetened beverage.