Table 6.

Description of the variables contained in the food consumption data set

Name	Label	Description
Country	Country	Country where the dietary survey took place as defined by EFSA's harmonised terminology for scientific research (COUNTRY catalogue; EFSA, 2019c).
Survey	Survey	Acronym of the dietary survey
PopClass	Population class	Participant's population class, based on age, as defined by EFSA's harmonised terminology for scientific research (AGECLS catalogue; EFSA, 2019c).
ORSUBID	Subject ID	A pseudonymised subject ID number generated by EFSA upon receipt of the data
Weight	Body weight	Bodyweight of the subject (in kg)
ndays	Number of survey days	Number of days on which the participant's consumption was surveyed
day	Survey day	Ordinal number of the day on which the participant's consumption was surveyed
prodCode	RPC code	Code of the raw primary commodity as defined by EFSA's harmonised terminology for scientific research (MATRIX catalogue; EFSA, 2019c).
prodName	RPC name	Name of the raw primary commodity as defined by EFSA's harmonised terminology for scientific research (MATRIX catalogue; EFSA, 2019c).
FoodEx2_Facets	Processing code	FoodEx2 facet code describing the processing technique, including additional descriptors such as qualitative information, part consumed or the nature of the food (EFSA, 2015b).
RPCD_amount	RPCD amount	Amount of raw primary commodity derivative (in grams)
RPC_amount	RPC amount	Amount of raw primary commodity (in grams)