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. 2021 Feb 20;18(4):2059. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18042059

Table A1.

Food group classification.

Food Group Description
1. Cereals Rice, noodles, bread, corn, beans, others
2. Roots and tubers Potato, cassava, others
3. Legumes and grains Beans, chickpeas, broad beans, peas, others
4. Fish and seafood Fish, canned tuna, other shellfish
5. Eggs Eggs by purchase or own production
6. Milk and dairy products Milk, yogurt, cheese, other dairy products (excludes butter/margarine)
7. Vegetables Carrot, spinach, turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, onion, tomato, cucumber, radish, others
8. Fruits Apple, banana, pear, peach, mango, papaya, melon, orange, lemon, mandarin orange, others
9. Sugar/honey and other sugars Sugar, honey, jam; panela, cakes, cookies, sodas and other sugary drinks
10. Miscellaneous Drinks: tea, coffee, cocoa; seasonings: salt, garlic, baking powder
11. Meat, poultry, offal Beef, chicken, pork, others; liver, kidney, heart, others
12. Oils and fats Butter, vegetable oil, palm oil, margarine, other fats

Source: Authors’ own elaboration from surveys, 2019.