Table 5.

Tertiles of the energy share of ultra-processed foods in adult (25–64 years) Barbadians (2012–13)

NOVA food groups	Tertiles of the dietary contribution of ultra-processed food (% of the dietary energy)
	T1	T2	T3
	(n 120)	(n 120)	(n 119)
Unprocessed or minimally processed foods	62⋅4 (95 % CI 53⋅8, 71⋅1)	47⋅6 (95 % CI 38⋅6, 56⋅5)	31⋅1 (95 % CI 22⋅8, 39⋅4)
Cereals	12⋅5	11⋅3	6⋅8
Poultry	10⋅6	8⋅4	5⋅4
Starchy roots and tubers	8⋅4	5⋅0	3⋅6
Pasta	8⋅5	6⋅4	3⋅5
Fruits	5⋅1	2⋅7	2⋅8
Red meat	6⋅6	4⋅1	2⋅6
Fish	3⋅6	2⋅6	2⋅0
Vegetables	2⋅1	1⋅8	1⋅3
Fresh fruit juice	0⋅7	0⋅9	1⋅0
Eggs	1⋅5	1⋅2	0⋅8
Legumes	2⋅1	2⋅3	0⋅6
Othera	0⋅7	0⋅7	0⋅5
Milk and plain yoghurt	0⋅3	0⋅3	0⋅4
Processed culinary ingredients	1⋅3 (95 % CI 0⋅7, 3⋅3)	1⋅3 (95 % CI 0⋅7, 3⋅4)	0⋅9 (95 % CI 0⋅8, 2⋅6)
Table sugar	0⋅9	1⋅0	0⋅7
Butter	0⋅3	0⋅2	0⋅2
Plant oil	0⋅0	0⋅1	0⋅0
Otherb	0⋅1	0⋅0	0⋅0
Processed foods	14⋅3 (95 % CI 8⋅1, 20⋅6)	11⋅4 (95 % CI 5⋅8, 17⋅1)	9⋅1 (95 % CI 4⋅0, 14⋅3)
Otherc	3⋅7	4⋅8	3⋅9
Cheese	1⋅3	1⋅9	1⋅8
Ham and salted/smoked/canned meats/fish	3⋅1	3⋅0	1⋅7
Beer and wine	4⋅5	0⋅8	0⋅9
Processed breads	1⋅3	1⋅0	0⋅7
Canned or bottled vegetables/fruit/legumes	0⋅5	0⋅1	0⋅1
Ultra-processed foods	22⋅0 (95 % CI 14⋅6, 29⋅4)	39⋅7 (95 % CI 30⋅9, 48⋅4)	58⋅9 (95 % CI 50⋅0, 67⋅7)
Soft drinks, fruit drinks/juices	5⋅8	8⋅4	10⋅6
Pastries, buns and cakes	2⋅4	5⋅2	10⋅4
Industrialised packaged breads	4⋅2	7⋅2	9⋅2
Industrial chips (French fries)	1⋅3	2⋅5	5⋅2
Otherd	2⋅9	4⋅7	5⋅0
Sausage and other reconstituted meat products	1⋅4	2⋅7	4⋅3
Confectionary	0⋅6	1⋅7	2⋅6
Breakfast cereals	1⋅0	0⋅9	2⋅6
Milk-based drinks	0⋅8	1⋅8	2⋅1
Industrial pizza	0⋅3	0⋅9	2⋅0
Biscuits	0⋅4	1⋅4	1⋅9
Industrial desserts	0⋅2	0⋅4	0⋅9
Packaged snacks	0⋅4	0⋅8	0⋅8
Packaged pre-prepared meals	0⋅1	0⋅5	0⋅8
Margarine and other spreads	0⋅2	0⋅4	0⋅4
Sauces, dressings and gravies	0⋅2	0⋅1	0⋅3

^aIncluding meat from other animals, teas, coffees and dried spices.

^bIncluding honey, gelatine powder and vinegar.

^cIncluding salted or sugared nuts, seeds and dried fruit.

^dIncluding ultra-processed cheese.