Table 1.

Cut-off and threshold values for calculation of the sixteen components

	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.	Wholegrain products	A	Eat at least 90 g of wholegrain products daily	0 g/d	≥90 g/d
		R	Replace refined cereal products by wholegrain products	No consumption of wholegrain 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: ≤ 0 g ethanol/d Men: ≤ 0 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 choices/week	≤3 choices/week

^*A, adequacy component (minimum consumption); R, ratio component (replace products by more healthy alternatives); O, optimum component (optimal consumption range); Q, qualitative component (choose healthier option); M, moderation component (limit consumption).

^†For example: sweet spreads, cakes, cookies, chips or pretzels, savoury snacks and sauces.