Table 1.

Scoring criteria for the provegetarian food patterns

Overall provegetarian FP (potential range 12–60)		Healthful/unhealthful provegetarian FP (potential range of 18–90)
Component	Criteria	Component	Criteria
			Healthful	Unhealthful
Plant food groups		Plant food groups
		Healthful
1. Vegetables	Positive	1. Vegetables	Positive	Reverse
2. Fruits	Positive	2. Fruits	Positive	Reverse
3. Legumes	Positive	3. Legumes	Positive	Reverse
4. Cereal grains	Positive	4. Wholegrains	Positive	Reverse
5. Potatoes	Positive	5. Nuts	Positive	Reverse
6. Nuts	Positive	6. Olive oil	Positive	Reverse
7. Olive oil	Positive	7. Coffee	Positive	Reverse
		Less-healthful
Animal Food Groups		8. Fruit juices	Reverse	Positive
8. Dairy products	Reverse	9. Potatoes		Positive
9. Eggs	Reverse	10. Refined grains	Reverse	Positive
10. Meat	Reverse	11. Sugary beverages	Reverse	Positive
11. Fish and seafood	Reverse	12. Pastries	Reverse	Positive
12. Animal fat	Reverse
		Animal Food Groups
		13. Dairy	Reverse	Reverse
		14. Eggs	Reverse	Reverse
		15. Meat	Reverse	Reverse
		16. Fish and seafood	Reverse	Reverse
		17. Miscellaneous food	Reverse	Reverse
		18. Animal fat	Reverse	Reverse

Miscellaneous food includes pizza, instant soups and mayonnaise.