Table 3.

$0.50 expenditure recommendations for meat and meat alternatives and dairy to improve compliance with four or more core food groups for >50% provision of ADG per child.

Meat and Meat Alternatives Food Group	Cost	Serve Size	Dairy Food Group	Cost	Serve Size
Lean beef mince—raw ($1.30/100 g)	$0.50/39 g	0.5	Milk—reduced fat ($0.10/100 ml)	$0.50/500 mL	2.0
Lean chicken—raw ($0.90/100 g)	$0.45/50 g	0.5	Hard cheese ($1.20/100 g)	$0.50/42 g	1.0
Canned legumes—cooked ($0.19/100 g)	$0.46/240 g	2.0	Yoghurt ($0.35/100 g)	$0.50/142 g	0.7