Table 1.

Dietary contribution of NOVA food groups and indicators of the dietary content in free sugars according to age groups in the UK population aged 1.5 years or over (2008–2014)

Age groups	Dietary contribution (% of total energy intake)						% of total energy intake from free sugars								Individuals with ≥10% of total energy intake from free sugars
	Unprocessed or minimally processed foods+processed culinary ingredients		Processed foods		Ultra-processed foods		Unprocessed or minimally processed foods+processed culinary ingredients		Processed foods		Ultra-processed foods		Total		Overall diet
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	%	95% CI
1.5–10 years	31.96	0.33	4.51	0.10	63.53	0.34	18.82	0.45	5.15	0.22	76.03	0.49	14.00	0.14	74.94	72.78 to 76.99
11–18 years	27.25	0.37	4.75	0.16	68.00	0.40	18.63	0.55	2.48	0.19	78.89	0.57	15.78	0.19	82.91	80.72 to 84.90
19–64 years	34.75	0.32	10.37	0.19	54.89	0.35	24.68	0.50	12.96	0.38	62.36	0.56	11.93	0.14	56.59	54.47 to 58.68
≥65 years	38.57	0.49	8.45	0.29	52.98	0.52	26.77	0.96	15.38	0.69	57.86	1.01	11.36	0.23	56.83	52.98 to 60.59
Total	34.35	0.22	8.83	0.13	56.82	0.24	23.78	0.36	11.46	0.27	64.75	0.40	12.44	0.10	61.27	59.76 to 62.76