Table 5.

The estimated total number of blanched frozen vegetables (bfV) servings yearly consumed by females and males, 65–74 years of age in the EU

Gender	Population size	Group Aa	Group Bb	Group Cc
Female	2.61 × 107	1.63 × 109	3.15 × 109	2.65 × 109
Male	2.29 × 107	1.38 × 109	2.74 × 109	2.28 × 109
Total	4.89 × 10 7	3.02 × 10 9	5.88 × 10 9	4.93 × 10 9

^aGroup A is based on vegetables that are always blanched and this estimate has been used a best‐case scenario.

^bGroup B is based on vegetables that are always blanched or sometimes blanched (i.e. also including potatoes) and this estimate has been used a worst‐case scenario.

^cGroup C is the same as group B but without potatoes and this estimate has been used as baseline scenario.