TABLE 2.
Nutri-Score distribution in food subcategories (n = 3,224) of the Hellenic food thesaurus (HelTH) branded food composition databases (BFCD).
| Food category | Food subcategory | A n (%) |
B n (%) |
C n (%) |
D n (%) |
E n (%) |
| Milk, milk products, and substitutes (n = 574) | Milk (n = 147) | 51 (34.7) | 86 (58.8) | 6 (4.1) | 2 (1.4) | 2 (1.4) |
| Yogurt (n = 152) | 78 (51.3) | 54 (35.5) | 20 (13.2) | – | – | |
| Cheese (n = 159) | 2 (1.3) | 3 (1.9) | 15 (9.4) | 125 (78.6) | 14 (8.8) | |
| Cream (n = 30) | – | 2 (6.7) | 7 (23.3) | 21 (70.0) | – | |
| Frozen dairy desserts (n = 38) | 1 (2.6) | 1 (2.6) | 2 (5.3) | 23 (60.5) | 11 (28.9) | |
| Imitation milk products (n = 48) | – | 1 (2.1) | 23 (47.9) | 15 (31.3) | 9 (18.8) | |
| Eggs or egg products (n = 30) | 11 (36.7) | 19 (63.3) | – | – | – | |
| Meat or meat products (n = 105) | Preserved meat (n = 68) | – | 1 (1.5) | 10 (14.7) | 37 (41.6) | 20 (29.4) |
| Sausages (n = 21) | – | – | – | 12 (57.1) | 9 (42.9) | |
| Meat dish (n = 16) | 1 (6.3) | 2 (12.5) | 1 (6.3) | 12 (61.5) | – | |
| Fish and seafood (n = 58) | 4 (6.9) | 15 (25.9) | 14 (24.1) | 22 (37.9) | 3 (5.2) | |
| Fats and oils (n = 63) | Margarine or mixed fats/oils (n = 38) | – | – | 21 (55.3) | 17 (44.7) | – |
| Animal fat/butter (n = 25) | – | – | 1 (4.0) | 8 (32.0) | 16 (64.0) | |
| Grains or grain products (n = 935) | Cereal or cereal-like milling products (n = 36) | 4 (11.1) | 5 (13.9) | 7 (19.4) | 13 (36.1) | 7 (19.4) |
| Rice (n = 63) | 26 (41.3) | 18 (28.6) | 10 (10.3) | 5 (7.9) | 4 (6.3) | |
| Pasta (n = 201) | 172 (85.6) | 6 (3.0) | 10 (5.0) | 13 (6.5) | – | |
| Breakfast cereal and bars (n = 152) | 18 (11.6) | 13 (8.6) | 62 (40.8) | 59 (38.8) | – | |
| Bread or similar products (n = 180) | 33 (18.3) | 45 (25.0) | 54 (30.0) | 35 (19.4) | 13 (7.2) | |
| Fine bakery ware (n = 227) | – | 1 (0.4) | 18 (7.9) | 87 (38.3) | 121 (53.3) | |
| Savory cereal dish (n = 76) | – | 1 (1.3) | 19 (25.0) | 51 (67.1) | 5 (6.6) | |
| Nuts and seeds (n = 114) | Nuts (n = 54) | 17 (31.5) | 14 (25.9) | 18 (33.3) | 3 (5.6) | 2 (3.7) |
| Seeds (n = 34) | – | 1 (2.9) | 10 (29.4) | 22 (64.7) | 1 (2.9) | |
| Nuts or seeds products (n = 26) | – | – | 5 (18.5) | 19 (73.1) | 2 (7.7) | |
| Vegetables or vegetable products (n = 210) | Vegetables (n = 149) | 135 (90.6) | 4 (2.7) | 5 (3.4) | 4 (2.7) | 1 (0.7) |
| Starchy roots (n = 17) | 10 (58.8) | 7 (41.2) | – | – | – | |
| Pulses and products (n = 44) | 43 (97.7) | 1 (2.3) | – | – | – | |
| Fruits or fruit products (n = 37) | 15 (40.5) | 10 (27.0) | 11 (29.7) | 1 (2.7) | – | |
| Sugar or sugar products (n = 288) | Jams (n = 56) | 2 (3.6) | – | 21 (37.5) | 32 (57.1) | 1 (1.8) |
| Non-chocolate confectionary (n = 40) | 1 (2.5) | 2 (5.0) | 1 (2.5) | 34 (85.0) | 2 (5.0) | |
| Chocolate (n = 192) | – | – | 1 (0.6) | 19 (9.9) | 172 (89.6) | |
| Ready meals (n = 76) | Ready-to-eat (n = 43) | 11 (30.6) | 14 (38.9) | 8 (22.2) | 3 (8.3) | – |
| Frozen, semi-ready (n = 41) | 27 (67.5) | 7 (17.5) | 4 (10.0) | 2 (5.0) | – | |
| Miscellaneous (n = 278) | Spice, condiment (n = 144) | 10 (4.4) | 20 (8.7) | 78 (34.1) | 74 (32.3) | 47 (20.5) |
| Prepared food product (n = 135) | 5 (3.7) | 10 (7.5) | 34 (25.4) | 70 (52.2) | 15 (11.2) | |
| Non-milk beverages (n = 370) | Juice/nectar (n = 157) | – | 1 (0.6) | 10 (6.4) | 48 (30.6) | 98 (62.4) |
| Non-alcoholic beverages (n = 213) | – | 55 (25.8) | 27 (12.7) | 10 (4.7) | 121 (56.8) |