Table 1.
Mean nutritional content per 100g of the included breakfast cereals (Mean + SE + range) (2017 and 2018).
| 2017 | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast Cereals (n = 320) | Permitted Breakfast Cereals (n = 62) | Not-Permitted Breakfast Cereals (n = 258) | Breakfast Cereals (n = 330) | Permitted Breakfast Cereals (n = 75) | Not-Permitted Breakfast Cereals (n = 255) | ||||||||||||||
| Mean | SE | Range | Mean | SE | Range | Mean | SE | Range | Mean | SE | Range | Mean | SE | Range | Mean | SE | Range | ||
| Energy (kcal) | 401.6 | 2.0 | 322.0–520.0 | 371.9 | 1.8 | 345.0–423.0 | 408.8 | 2.2 | 322.0–520.0 | 404.7 | 2.0 | 334.0–520.0 | 374.7 | 2.0 | 345.0–420.5 | 413.5 | 2.2 | 334.0–520.0 | |
| Fat (g) | 8.5 | 0.3 | 0.3–25.0 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.3–10.0 | 9.3 | 0.4 | 0.3–25.0 | 9.1 | 0.4 | 0.3–32.1 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.3–10.0 | 10.4 | 0.4 | 0.3–32.1 | |
| Saturated fat (g) | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.1–13.9 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1–4.2 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.1–13.9 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.1–12.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1–4.3 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.1–12.0 | |
| Carbohydrates(g) | 68.8 | 0.5 | 38.5–89.0 | 65.6 | 1.2 | 53.2–86 | 69.5 | 0.6 | 38.5–89.0 | 67.5 | 0.6 | 34.3–89.0 | 67.8 | 1.2 | 54.2–86.0 | 67.4* | 0.7 | 34.3–89.0 | |
| Total sugar (g) | 20.1 | 0.5 | 0.7–45.0 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 0.7–15.0 | 23.2 | 0.4 | 1.0–45.0 | 18.3* | 0.5 | 0.3–54.0 | 7.1 | 0.6 | 0.3–15.0 | 21.6* | 0.5 | 1.0–54.0 | |
| Fibre (g) | 7.1 | 0.2 | 1.0–27.0 | 8.4 | 0.4 | 1.0–15.0 | 6.7 | 0.2 | 1.5–27.0 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 1.0–27.0 | 8.3 | 0.5 | 1.0–20.6 | 7.4* | 0.2 | 1.5–27.0 | |
| Protein (g) | 9.0 | 0.1 | 3.4–15.5 | 11.1 | 0.3 | 6.4–15.5 | 8.5 | 0.1 | 3.4–14.5 | 9.4 | 0.1 | 4.5–23.0 | 10.6 | 0.2 | 6.4–14.8 | 9.0* | 0.1 | 4.5–23.0 | |
| Salt (g) | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0–2.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0–1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0–2.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0–1.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0–1.6 | 0.4* | 0.0 | 0.0–1.9 | |
SE: Standard Error; Range: minimum–maximum. * Significantly different to corresponding mean for ‘2017′.