Table 4.
Macronutrients and energy of plate meals in school lunch programme
| Nutrients | Kindergarten | Elementary school | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice with side disha | One-dish mealb | Rice with side disha | One-dish mealb | |
| Carbohydrate (g/100 g waste) | 20⋅1 ± 4⋅7 | 25⋅2 ± 0⋅2d | 13⋅2 ± 4⋅3c | 20⋅3 ± 0⋅1 |
| Protein (g/100 g waste) | 4⋅5 ± 0⋅9c | 9⋅5 ± 1⋅0d | 5⋅0 ± 1⋅1c | 8⋅1 ± 0⋅1 |
| Fat (g/100 g waste) | 2⋅2 ± 1⋅5c | 5⋅6 ± 0⋅2d | 3⋅8 ± 0⋅9 | 4⋅2 ± 0⋅5 |
| Energy (kcal/100 g waste) | 117⋅9 ± 33⋅7c | 188⋅7 ± 1⋅4d | 106⋅7 ± 9⋅8c | 151⋅5 ± 3⋅9 |
a
Means ± standard deviations of duplicate analyses of 3 aggregate samples of 108 portions for kindergarten or 48 portions for elementary school.
b
Means ± standard deviations of duplicate analyses of 2 aggregate samples of 108 portions for kindergarten or 48 portions for elementary school.
c
Mean values of rice with side dish and one-dish meal of the same school are significantly different (P < 0⋅05).
d
Mean values of the same dish style of kindergarten and elementary school are significantly different (P < 0⋅05).