Table 3a.

Daily energy intake per capita, percentage of consumption, and energy intake per consumer for the top 10 food and beverage groups consumed as snacks and meals in the FECHIC cohort (children), 2016

Rank	Food group	Kcal/capita†		Consumers‡		Kcal/consumer§
		Mean	SE	N	%	Mean	SE
	Snacks
1	Grain-based desserts	80	4	360	37.6	212	8
2	Dairy beverages	44	3	321	33.5	130	5
3	Dairy foods	43	2	333	34.8	124	3
4	Other sweets and desserts	34	3	263	27.5	122	9
5	Fruit-flavored drinks	28	2	227	23.7	116	3
6	Salty snacks	27	3	128	13.4	201	16
7	Fruits and vegetables	24	1	383	40.0	61	2
8	Cereal-based foods	18	1	168	17.5	103	4
9	Ready-to-eat breakfast cereals	15	1	154	16.1	92	3
10	Fast food	9	2	45	4.7	191	16
	Meals
1	Cereal-based foods	210	5	890	92.9	226	5
2	Dairy beverages	163	4	818	85.4	191	5
3	Meat and meat substitutes	73	3	689	71.9	101	3
4	Fruits and vegetables	69	3	847	88.4	78	3
5	Oils and fats	66	2	825	86.1	77	2
6	Dairy foods	39	2	334	34.9	110	3
7	Grain-based desserts	34	3	160	16.7	201	12
8	Legumes	29	2	336	35.1	82	6
9	Fast food	23	3	81	8.5	263	20
10	Eggs	20	1	267	27.9	73	3

^†Mean daily per capita food group intake (including both consumers and nonconsumers of each food group). For all food groups, the mean total energy intake was 1,207 kcal.

^‡Indicates the number of participants reporting each food group as a snack or a meal.

^§Mean daily kcal per food group among consumers.