Table 5. Assessment of the minimum, median, and maximum difference from applicable nutrient/energy thresholds in five product categories from the Euromonitor Nutrition 2016 database using the WHO Europe nutrient profile model.

	Breakfast cereals (721 products)				Processed meat (470 products)		Processed seafood (308 products)		Ready meals (518 products)					Yoghurts (674 products)
Criterion	Total sugars	Salt	Total fat	Fibre	Total fat	Salt	Total fat	Salt	Total fat	Saturated fat	Total sugars	Salt	Energy	Total fat	Saturated fat	Total sugars	Salt
Threshold per 100 g	≤15 g	≤1.6 g	≤10 g	≥6 g	≤20 g	≤1.7 g	≤20 g	≤1.7 g	≤10 g	≤4 g	≤10 g	≤1.0 g	≤225 kcal	≤2.5 g	≤2 g	≤10 g	≤0.2 g
Not meeting threshold (n)	452	57	113	318	104	272	30	78	112	113	8	268	181	326	196	379	30
Not meeting threshold (%)	63%	8%	16%	44%	22%	58%	10%	25%	22%	22%	2%	52%	35%	48%	29%	56%	4%
Difference from threshold:
Minimum	0.3 g	0.1 g	0.1 g	0.1 g	0.1 g	0.10 g	0.7 g	0.1 g	0.1 g	0.1 g	1.0 g	0.1 g	1 kcal	0.1 g	0.1 g	0.1 g	0.1 g
Median	10.0 g	0.4 g	6.0 g	2.5 g	5.0 g	0.5 g	12.5 g	1.3 g	2.5 g	0.9 g	1.9 g	0.4 g	36 kcal	0.9 g	0.5 g	3.0 g	0.1 g
IQR	6.0–14.0 g	0.2–0.4 g	4.0–8.0 g	1.2–3.5 g	3.0–11.8 g	0.3–0.9 g	3.6–18.0 g	0.6–2.3 g	1.4–4.0 g	0.4–1.7 g	1.0–3.7 g	0.2–0.7 g	18–112 kcal	0.5–1.8 g	0.3–2.2 g	2.0–4.0 g	0.1–0.2 g
Maximum	29.4 g	1.2 g	15.3 g	6.0 g	36.8 g	4.3 g	38.0 g	14.2 g	27.1 g	8.0 g	6.0 g	12.0 g	305 kcal	7.9 g	5.1 g	18.4 g	1.1 g

NB: Note that thresholds for total sugars, total fat, saturated fat, and energy represent upper limits, whereas the threshold for fibre is a minimum level to be achieved. Furthermore, as for the percentages of products not meeting applicable thresholds, individual products may fail to comply with multiple criteria. Differences from the various applicable criteria thresholds were assessed for all products listed in the Euromonitor Nutrition 2016 database with complete and plausible nutrition information and non-zero brand share as indicated in the Packaged Foods 2016 database. For the upper limit values (total sugars, salt, total fat, saturated fat, and energy), the threshold figure was subtracted from the actual figures in the nutrition information. For the lower limit value (fibre), the actual figures in the nutrition information were subtracted from the threshold figure. Resulting values above zero were used to calculate the minimum, median, interquartile range (IQR), and maximum differences from the applicable category thresholds. Corresponding data for the EU Pledge model can be found in Tables C-E in S1 File.