Table 2.
The total number of items presented under each food literacy component in Round One and Round Two Surveys and the number (%) achieving consensus i.e., CVI score ≥ 0.71. (CVI scores of individual items is presented in the Supplementary Material).
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Consensus | Total | Consensus | ||
| 1. Plan and manage food | 1.1 Prioritise money and time for food 1 | 20 | 10 (50) | 8 | 7 (88) |
| 1.2 Plan food intake (formally and informally) so that food can be regularly accessed through some source, irrespective of changes in circumstances or environment | 15 | 13 (87) | 16 | 11 (69) | |
| 1.3 Make feasible food decisions which balance food needs (e.g., nutrition, taste, hunger) with available resources (time, money, skills, equipment) 2 | 28 | 11 (39) | 12 | 9 (75) | |
| 2. Select food | 2.1 Access food through multiple sources and know the advantages and disadvantages of these 3 | 16 | 4 (25) | 6 | 3 (50) |
| 2.2 Determine what is in a food product, where it came from, how to store it and use it | 21 | 9 (43) | 12 | 11 (92) | |
| 2.3 Judge the quality of food 4 | 17 | 3 (18) | 6 | 5 (83) | |
| 3. Prepare food | 3.1 Make a good tasting meal from whatever is available. This includes being able to prepare commonly available foods, efficiently use common pieces of kitchen equipment and having a sufficient repertoire of skills to adapt recipes (written or unwritten) to experiment with food and ingredients | 27 | 20 (74) | 42 | 33 (79) |
| 3.2 Apply basic principles of safe food hygiene and handling | 32 | 9 (28) | 11 | 11 (100) | |
| 4. Eat food | 4.1 Understand food has an impact of personal wellbeing 5 | 23 | 7 (30) | 8 | 6 (75) |
| 4.2 Demonstrate self-awareness of the need to personally balance food intake. This includes knowing foods to include for good health, foods to restrict for good health and appropriate portion size and frequency 6 | 15 | 12 (80) | 11 | 9 (82) | |
| 4.3 Join in and eat in a social way | 15 | 13 (87) | 19 | 14 (74) | |
| TOTAL | 229 | 111 (48) | 151 | 119 (79) | |
1 Six items were recategorized to a different component following round 1: 1 to 1.2; 2 to 1.3; 3 to 3.1; 2 Three items that were recategorized to a different component following round 1: 1 to 1.2; 2 to 4.2; 3 Four items were recategorized to a different component following round 1: 1 to 1.3; 2 to 2.2.; 1 to 2.3; 4 One item was recategorized to a different component following round 1: 1 to 2.2; 5 Two items were recategorized to a different component following round 1: 2 to 4.2; 6 Four items were recategorized to a different component following round 1: 4 to 1.2.