Table 2.
Number and percentages of the cereal-based products with sodium content equal or below and above to the relative benchmarks, grouped for the presence of other declarations on the food pack.
| Subcategories | Branded n (%) |
Private Label n (%) |
Organic n (%) |
Conventional n (%) |
Gluten Free n (%) |
Gluten Containing n (%) |
with NC n (%) |
without NC n (%) |
with HC n (%) |
without HC n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookies/sweet biscuits | ||||||||||
| Na above the benchmark | 158 (34) | 96 (33) | 23 (26) | 231 (35) | 11 (22) | 243 (35) | 103 (49) | 151 (28) | 1 (13) | 253 (24) |
| Na equal or below the benchmark | 307 (66) | 192 (67) | 66 (74) | 433 (65) | 38 (78) | 461 (65) | 109 (51) | 390 (72) | 7 (87) | 492 (76) |
| Cakes and sponges | ||||||||||
| Na above the benchmark | 67 (41) | 77 (66) | 14 (64) | 130 (50) | 17 (55) | 127 (51) | 28 (60) | 116 (50) | 0 (0) | 144 (52) |
| Na equal or below the benchmark | 98 (59) | 39 (34) | 8 (36) | 129 (50) | 14 (45) | 123 (49) | 19 (40) | 118 (50) | 2 (100) | 135 (48) |
| Pies and pastries | ||||||||||
| Na above the benchmark | 32 (59) | 32 (60) | 6 (86) | 58 (58) | 2 (100) | 62 (59) | 7 (78) | 57 (58) | 0 (0) | 64 (60) |
| Na equal or below the benchmark | 22 (41) | 21 (40) | 1 (14) | 42 (42) | 0 (0) | 43 (41) | 2 (22) | 41 (42) | 0 (0) | 43 (40) |
| Crackers/savory biscuits | ||||||||||
| Na above the benchmark | 290 (59) | 200 (63) | 48 (25) | 442 (71) | 25 (18) | 465 (70) | 121 (42) | 369 (71) | 23 (58) | 467 (61) |
| Na equal or below the benchmark | 200 (41) | 118 (37) | 141 (75) | 177 (29) | 114 (82) | 204 (30) | 169 (58) | 149 (29) | 17 (42) | 301 (39) |
|
Minimally processed
breakfast cereals |
||||||||||
| Na above the benchmark | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Na equal or below the benchmark | 28 (100) | 21 (100) | 36 (100) | 13 (100) | 1 (100) | 48 (100) | 33 (100) | 16 (100) | 8 (100) | 41 (100) |
|
Highly processed
breakfast cereals |
||||||||||
| Na above the benchmark | 54 (46) | 68 (44) | 25 (40) | 97 (46) | 9 (64) | 113 (44) | 91 (47) | 31 (39) | 27 (60) | 95 (42) |
| Na equal or below the benchmark | 64 (54) | 85 (56) | 37 (60) | 112 (54) | 5 (36) | 144 (56) | 101 (53) | 48 (61) | 18 (40) | 131 (58) |
| Sweet and raisin breads | ||||||||||
| Na above the benchmark | 10 (12) | 15 (18) | 3 (60) | 22 (13) | 0 (0) | 25 (15) | 1 (4) | 24 (17) | 0 (0) | 25 (15) |
| Na equal or below the benchmark | 74 (88) | 69 (82) | 2 (40) | 141 (87) | 1 (100) | 142 (85) | 27 (86) | 116 (83) | 2 (100) | 141 (85) |
| Leavened bread | ||||||||||
| Na above the benchmark | 34 (79) | 276 (94) | 176 (90) | 134 (95) | 30 (91) | 280 (92) | 75 (81) | 235 (96) | 2 (100) | 308 (92) |
| Na equal or below the benchmark | 9 (21) | 18 (6) | 20 (10) | 7 (5) | 3 (9) | 24 (8) | 18 (19) | 9 (4) | 0 (0) | 27 (8) |
| Flatbreads | ||||||||||
| Na above the benchmark | 32 (94) | 109 (99) | 95 (97) | 46 (100) | 5 (100) | 136 (98) | 12 (86) | 129 (99) | 2 (100) | 139 (98) |
| Na equal or below the benchmark | 2 (6) | 1 (1) | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (2) | 2 (14) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 3 (2) |
NC, nutrition claim; HC, health claim.