Table A1.

Description of food categories.

Food Category	Foods Included
Breakfast cereals and granola bars	Corn flakes, flavored oats, infant cereals, granolas, mueslis, granola bars, porridges, mix of cereals and fruits.
Bakery products	Breads, toasts, and cakes, including powders.
Convenience foods	Ready meals, French fries to frying, instant rice, instant noodles, instant soups, instant mashed potatoes, filled pastas, pizzas, pies, sandwiches, baby foods.
Unsweetened dairy products	Natural yogurts, milks, milk powders, milk compounds. Only products without sugar or nonnutritive sweeteners.
Sweetened dairy products	Yogurts, flavored milks, fermented milk, milk compounds, dairy beverages.
Snacks	Salted peanuts, salty snacks, potato chips, potato sticks, microwave popcorn (all flavors).
Cookies and crackers	Sweet and salty biscuits and cookies.
Canned vegetables	Canned beans and vegetables.
Oils and fats	Oils, margarines, butters, milk creams, vegetal fats.
Sauces, herbs, and dressings	Sauces, mayonnaises, herbs, catchup, salad dressings.
Coffee and tea	Coffees and herbs to prepare tea.
Candies and desserts	Chocolates, boiled sweets, flavored milk powder, jellies, cocoa powder, syrups, chocolate spreads, chewing gum, condensed milk, marshmallows, ice creams. Including versions with nonnutritive sweeteners.
Cereals, beans, other grain products	Beans, flours, rice, corns, pastas.
Packaged fruits and vegetables	Fruits and vegetables in natura, frozen fruit pulp, frozen vegetables.
Meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs	Meat, poultry, seafood, and egg, including chilled and frozen products.
Sugar and other nonnutritive sweeteners	Sugar, honey, nonnutritive sweeteners.
Processed meats	Burgers, sausages, canned fish, smoked meats, seasoned meats, salted meats, hams, salami, meat pates.
Fruit juices	Products declared as juices, fruit juices without water or added sugar, coconut water.
Nectars	Nectars made with juice and added water and/or sugar.
Fruit-flavored drinks	Fruit drink powder, fruit punch concentrate, fruit-flavored beverages.
Carbonated beverages	Sodas. Including diet and light versions.
Other beverages	Plant-based beverages, ready-to-drink teas, isotonic drinks, coconut milk.
Nuts and seeds	Nuts and seeds, including salted nuts.
Cheeses and cream cheeses	Cheeses, and cream cheeses.
Fruits preserves	Fruit jellies, fruit preserves, canned fruits, dried fruits, fruits sorbet.