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. 2021 Dec 17;13(12):4536. doi: 10.3390/nu13124536

Table A5.

Nutri-Score distribution per food group for the reference situation and product improvement scenario for sugars reformulation (scoring 1 point less, −1.5 g/100 g in drinks and −4.5 g/100 g in food and dairy drinks, on the Nutri-Score scale), and the proportion of products improved in Nutri-Score.

Distribution Nutri-Score
(% of Product per Category)
Percentage of Products with Improved
Nutri-Score (B–A)
Percentage Improved in Total
Reference Situation (A) Product Improvement Scenario (B)
Food Groups N A B C D E A B C D E A B C D E Total
Drinks * 2168 0 2 52 40 6 0 7 69 18 5 0 5 22 1 0 28
Syrups Squash and Cordial 314 0 10 29 27 34 0 14 40 11 34 0 4 16 0 0 20
Fruit Juice drink 429 0 3 55 42 0 0 10 77 13 0 0 7 29 0 0 37
Soft drinks, with added sugar 1425 0 0 57 42 1 0 5 74 22 0 0 5 22 1 0 27
Milk products * 1218 7 40 37 15 1 15 54 17 14 0 8 22 1 0 0 31
Dairy drinks, with added sugar 320 11 83 6 0 0 34 66 0 0 0 23 6 0 0 0 29
Yoghurt and quark, with added sugar 440 12 45 42 0 0 18 62 20 0 0 6 23 0 0 0 29
Custard, with added sugar 215 0 9 91 0 0 0 73 27 0 0 0 64 0 0 0 64
Pudding, mousse and desserts, with added sugar 243 0 2 21 73 4 0 4 25 68 2 0 2 6 2 0 10
Baked goods and confectionery * 10,092 0 4 8 42 45 1 5 9 43 42 0 1 2 3 0 6
Pound cakes 639 0 0 1 18 81 0 0 1 23 76 0 0 1 5 0 6
Bars (muesli, cereal, fruit) 141 0 16 37 41 6 6 26 27 40 1 6 16 6 5 0 34
Biscuit, waffle and cookie 1642 0 0 5 21 73 0 1 7 23 68 0 1 3 5 0 8
Pies and pastries (sweet) 1415 0 0 12 46 42 0 1 13 52 34 0 1 2 8 0 11
Chocolate 2169 0 0 0 7 93 0 0 0 8 92 0 0 0 2 0 2
Sweets 2893 1 12 4 78 6 1 12 4 77 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ice cream 1193 0 1 35 59 5 0 5 40 52 3 0 4 9 3 0 16
Cereals * 932 21 7 43 27 3 25 15 38 20 2 4 13 7 0 0 24
Bread luxury, plain and sweet 467 1 4 46 43 6 2 14 47 32 5 1 10 11 1 0 23
Breakfast cereals 465 41 9 40 10 0 48 17 28 7 0 7 15 3 0 0 25

* Foods with added sugar.