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. 2022 Jun 29;14(13):2700. doi: 10.3390/nu14132700

Table 2.

Nutrient content of food products by food categories, median (IQR).

Category N1 * Energy (kJ/100 g) Fat (g/100 g) Sodium (mg/100 g) N2 * Saturated Fat (g/100 g) N3 * Total Sugar (g/100 g) Free Sugar (g/100 g)
Food groups
 Bread and bakery products 10,380 1979 (444) 20.9 (12.3) 223 (215) 640 9.5 (8.9) 617 15.1 (23.3) 15.1 (23.3)
 Cereal and cereal products 6341 1496 (118) 1.5 (4.4) 20 (270) 313 0.5 (1.5) 317 3.5 (14.6) 3.5 (10.5)
 Confectionery 5328 1667 (593) 1.3 (22) 45 (90) 332 15.4 (15.6) 540 0.0 (29) 0.0 (29)
 Convenience food 3198 1296 (965) 10.1 (14.6) 848 (1544) 84 6.9 (9.2) 63 2.8 (1.5) 2.8 (1.5)
 Dairy products 5592 382 (749) 3.5 (8.5) 60 (52) 229 5.1 (9) 293 5.0 (12.5) 2.5 (6.2)
 Edible oil and oil emulsions 1119 3700 (14) 99.9 (0.5) 0 (0) 481 13.0 (5) 10 0.0 (0.6) 0.0 (0.6)
 Egg and egg products 353 677 (183) 10.5 (3.5) 714 (737) 0 0
 Fish and fish products 1222 737 (788) 6.7 (14.4) 701 (758) 34 2.5 (2.2) 36 2.4 (7) 2.4 (7)
 Fruits and vegetables 13,262 1384 (1155) 2.0 (27.5) 131 (697) 204 0.6 (2.1) 234 8.1 (37.2) 5.2 (18.3)
 Meat and meat products 5185 963 (736) 9.6 (8.7) 1086 (713) 41 6.3 (6.2) 41 5.9 (21.7) 5.9 (21.7)
 Non-alcoholic beverages 6194 190 (1004) 0.0 (0.9) 21 (43) 336 0.0 (0) 6190 10.3 (41) 10.3 (41)
 Sauces and spreads 7525 733 (1234) 3.5 (23.2) 2420 (5115) 257 0.6 (8.2) 183 2.6 (8.4) 2.6 (8.4)
 Snack foods 6319 2005 (588) 22.5 (17.1) 658 (768) 395 5.0 (5) 439 2.1 (2.1) 2.1 (2.1)
 Sugars and honeys 1867 1419 (300) 0.0 (0.6) 18 (30) 33 0.0 (0) 1865 81.6 (19) 81.6 (19)
Foods or Beverages
 Beverages 8236 200 (175.3) 0.0 (2.5) 30 (47) 447 0.0 (1) 5037 8.9 (6.7) 8.7 (6.6)
 Foods 65,649 1516 (989) 9.0 (22.2) 260 (859) 2932 7.0 (11.5) 5791 54.1 (74.3) 53.0 (74.6)
NOVA groups
 Unprocessed or minimally processed 7767 1460 (323) 1.6 (3.9) 10 (50) 215 0.5 (1.6) 727 15.8 (58.9) 15.8 (59.4)
 Processed culinary ingredients 10,693 1300 (1298.7) 2.3 (33.3) 800 (4154) 772 10.3 (12.3) 2059 80.0 (20.6) 80.0 (20.6)
 Processed foods 8422 1516 (1033) 7.4 (22.9) 184 (576) 346 2.0 (6.6) 1012 11.6 (38.4) 11.5 (35.8)
 Ultra-processed foods 47,003 1493 (1269) 9.8 (21.1) 235 (692) 2046 5.1 (11) 7030 9.0 (16.6) 8.6 (15.5)
Total 73,885 1467 (1218) 7.0 (20.9) 192 (743) 3379 5.1 (11.7) 10,828 11.2 (62.8) 11.0 (63)

* N1: number of products for energy, fat, and sodium; N2: number of products for saturated fat; N3: number of products for total sugar and free sugar.