Table 1.

Consumption frequencies and daily consumption of specific foods and food groups in the intervention diets based on the delivered food items and diet instructions. Average daily consumption is presented as g/day.

	ANIMAL	50/50	PLANT
Sources of animal proteins Main dishes containing minced meat (times/wk) Main dishes containing whole meat (times/wk) Main dishes containing sausage (times/wk) Sausages and cold cuts, including processed poultry (g/day) Pork and beef (g/day) Red and processed meat total (g/day)	2–3 2–3 1 35 64 99	1–2 1–2 0–1 23 43 65	0–1 0–1 0–1 11 21 32
Fish dishes (times/wk) Fish (g/day)	2 36	2 36	2 36
Main dishes containing poultry (times/wk) Poultry (g/day)	2–3 43	1–2 29	1 14
Eggs/wk (in dishes and pastries; boiled or fried) Eggs (g/day)	4 31	4 31	4 31
Dairy products other than cheese (g/day)	400	250	125
Cheese (g/day)	40	25	10–15
Sources of plant proteins Main dishes based on peas, lentils, chickpeas, tofu, crushed soya beans or faba beans as main ingredients (times/wk)	0–1	3–5	5–7
Vegetable patties, pizza, mushroom dishes (portions/wk)	1	2–3	2–3
Nuts, almonds, and seeds (g/day)	*	16	34
Plant-based dairy-like products (other than cheese), g/day	0	150	250
Bread (rye and oat/wheat bread; slices of bread/day) Bread (g/day)	4–5 120–150	6 180	7 210
Porridge and muesli (g/day, dry weight)	40	40–60	40–80
Wholegrain rice, pasta, couscous and quinoa (g/day, dry weight)	70	70–105	70–140
Potatoes (g/day, cooked)	120	0–120	0–120

* Occasional consumption of nuts, almonds, and seeds was allowed in ANIMAL group.