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.