Table 1.

Cut-off and threshold values for the calculation of the DHD2015-index component scores and the additional component ‘unhealthy choices’

	Component	Component type	Dutch dietary guidelines 2015	Minimum score ( = 0 points)	Maximum score ( = 10 points)
1	Vegetables	A	Eat at least 200 g of vegetables daily	0 g/d	≥ 200 g/d
2	Fruit	A	Eat at least 200 g of fruit daily	0 g/d	≥ 200 g/d
3	Whole-grain products	A	Eat at least 90 g of whole-grain products daily	0 g/d	≥ 90 g/d
		R	Replace refined cereal products by whole-grain products	No consumption of whole-grain products or ratio of whole grains to refined grains ≤0·7	No consumption of refined products or ratio of whole grains to refined grains ≥11
4	Legumes	A	Eat legumes daily	0 g/d	≥ 10 g/d
5	Nuts	A	Eat at least 15 g of unsalted nuts daily	0 g/d	≥ 15 g/d
6	Dairy products*	O	Eat a few portions of dairy products daily, including milk or yogurt	0 g/d or ≥ 750 g/d	300–450 g/d
7	Fish†	A	Eat one serving of fish weekly, preferably oily fish	0 g/d	≥ 15 g/d
8	Tea	A	Drink three cups of black or green tea daily	0 g/d	≥ 450 ml/d
9	Fats and oils	R	Replace butter, hard margarines and cooking fats by soft margarines, liquid cooking fats and vegetable oils	No consumption of soft margarines, liquid cooking fats and vegetable oils or ratio of liquid cooking fats to solid cooking fats ≤0·6	No consumption of butter, hard margarines and cooking fats or ratio of liquid cooking fats to solid cooking fats ≥13
10	Coffee	Q	Replace unfiltered coffee by filtered coffee	Any consumption of unfiltered coffee	Consumption of only filtered coffee OR No coffee consumption
11	Red meat	M	Limit consumption of red meat	≥ 100 g/d	≤ 45 g/d
12	Processed meat	M	Limit consumption of processed meat	≥ 50 g/d	0 g/d
13	Sweetened beverages and fruit juices	M	Limit consumption of sweetened beverages and fruit juices	≥ 250 g/d	0 g/d
14	Alcohol	M	If alcohol is consumed at all, intake should be limited to one Dutch unit (10 g ethanol) daily	Women: ≥ 20 g ethanol/d Men: ≥ 30 g ethanol/d	Women: ≤ 10 g ethanol/d Men: ≤ 10 g ethanol/d
15	Salt	M	Limit consumption of table salt to 6 g daily	≥ 3·8 g Na/d	≤ 1·9 g Na/d
16	Unhealthy choices	M	Limit consumption of unhealthy day and week choices	> 7 week choices/week	≤ 3 week choices/week

A, adequacy component (consume an adequate amount); R, ratio component (replace less healthy products by more healthy alternatives); O, optimum component (optimal consumption range); Q, qualitative component (choose healthier option); M, moderation component (limit consumption).

^*Maximum of 40 g cheese could be included.

^†Maximum of 4 g lean fish could be included.