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. 2021 Feb 18;13(2):657. doi: 10.3390/nu13020657

Table 1.

Food group classifications.

Food Group Detail
Snack food
(sub-groups: sweet snacks, savoury snacks)
Foods described as biscotti, biscuits, bites, cereal bars, dried fruits, fiddlesticks, freeze-dried fruits and vegetables, fruit snack bars, muesli fingers, nibblers, pops, puffs, rice biscuits, rice cakes, round-a-bouts, rusks, softcorn, wheels, yoghurt buttons and yoghurt drops.
Meat and fish Contained meat, fish, or poultry.
Legume Legume-based foods (e.g., hummus).
Breakfast cereal Cereal-based foods that are ordinarily consumed as breakfast (e.g., cereal, muesli, oats, porridge), and infant cereals.
Dairy Dairy-based foods (e.g., custard, yoghurt).
Vegetable Vegetable-based foods (e.g., vegetable purées).
Fruit Fruit-based foods (e.g., fruit purées, fruit salad).
Cereal, grains, and pasta Foods based on cereals, grains, or pasta (e.g., spaghetti).