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Table 1 Distribution of the Nutri-Score within the different food groups

From: Ability of the Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition label to discriminate the nutritional quality of foods in the German food market and consistency with nutritional recommendations

  

A

B

C

D

E

Total

Fruits and vegetable*

323(61.4%)

97(18.4%)

95(18.0%)

10(1.9%)

2(0.4%)

527

Vegetables***

189(64.5%)

75(25.6%)

23(7.8%)

5(1.7%)

1(0.3%)

293

Dried fruits

4(5.6%)

15(20.8%)

50(69.4%)

2(2.8%)

1(1.4%)

72

Fruits**

130(80.2%)

7(4.3%)

22(13.6%)

3(1.9%)

0(0%)

162

Cereals and potatoes

689(49.4%)

278(19.9%)

264(18.9%)

146(10.5%)

19(1.4%)

1396

Bread

103(30.9%)

76(22.8%)

100(30.0%)

49(14.7%)

5(1.5%)

333

Cereals

377(61.9%)

132(21.7%)

75(12.3%)

23(3.8%)

2(0.3%)

609

Legumes

109(60.2%)

26(14.4%)

10(5.5%)

24(13.3%)

12(6.6%)

181

Potatoes

10(43.5%)

10(43.5%)

3(13.0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

23

Breakfast cereals

90(36.0%)

34(13.6%)

76(30.4%)

50(20.0%)

0(0%)

250

Fish Meat Eggs

53(7.7%)

97(14.1%)

92(13.4%)

259(37.6%)

187(27.2%)

688

Fish and seafood

34(15.5%)

41(18.6%)

51(23.2%)

94(42.7%)

0(0%)

220

Meat

17(13.6%)

19(15.2%)

28(22.4%)

36(28.8%)

25(20%)

125

Processed meat

0(0%)

1(0.3%)

12(3.9%)

129(42.4%)

162(53.3%)

304

Eggs

2(5.3%)

36(94.7%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

38

Offals

0(0%)

0(0%)

1(100%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

1

Milk and dairy products

241(12.9%)

339(18.1%)

440(23.5%)

795(42.4%)

60(3.2%)

1875

Milk and yogurt

127(18.7%)

268(39.5%)

209(30.8%)

73(10.8%)

2(0.3%)

679

Cheese

108(11.7%)

50(5.4%)

109(11.8%)

625(67.7%)

31(3.4%)

923

Dairy desserts

6(4.7%)

21(16.4%)

85(66.4%)

13(10.2%)

3(2.3%)

128

Ice cream

0(0%)

0(0%)

37(25.5%)

84(57.9%)

24(16.6%)

145

Fat and sauces

13(2.1%)

17(2.7%)

165(26.7%)

302(48.8%)

122(19.7%)

619

Dressings and sauces

13(3.2%)

17(4.2%)

138(34.2%)

185(45.9%)

50(12.4%)

403

Fats

0(0%)

0(0%)

27(12.5%)

117(54.2%)

72(33.3%)

216

Salty snacks

6(1.5%)

8(1.9%)

80(19.4%)

262(63.4%)

57(13.8%)

413

Appetizers

0(0%)

3(1.5%)

36(18.2%)

139(70.2%)

20(10.1%)

198

Nuts

4(2.5%)

5(3.2%)

30(19.0%)

87(55.1%)

32(20.3%)

158

Salty and fatty products

2(3.5%)

0(0%)

14(24.6%)

36(63.2%)

5(8.8%)

57

Sugary snacks

13(0.7%)

40(2.3%)

62(3.6%)

386(22.1%)

1244(71.3%)

1745

Biscuits and cakes

5(1.1%)

2(0.5%)

9(2%)

125(28.4%)

299(68%)

440

Chocolate products

1(0.2%)

2(0.4%)

1(0.2%)

34(6.0%)

533(93.3%)

571

Sweets

7(1.0%)

36(5.0%)

50(6.9%)

224(31.1%)

403(56.0%)

720

Pastries

0(0%)

0(0%)

2(14.3%)

3(21.4%)

9(64.3%)

14

Composite foods

39(8.6%)

97(21.5%)

217(48.0%)

94(20.8%)

5(1.1%)

452

One-dish meals

39(11.4%)

88(25.7%)

164(48.0%)

46(13.5%)

5(1.5%)

342

Pizza pies and quiche

0(0%)

9(8.5%)

53(50.0%)

44(41.5%)

0(0%)

106

Sandwiches

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

4(100%)

0(0%)

4

Beverages

245(28.1%)

63(7.2%)

173(19.8%)

111(12.7%)

280(32.1%)

872

Waters

245(100%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

245

Teas and herbal teas and coffees

0(0%)

2(9.1%)

2(9.1%)

13(59.1%)

5(22.7%)

22

Fruit juices

0(0%)

15(7.5%)

141(70.1%)

21(10.4%)

24(11.9%)

201

Fruit nectars

0(0%)

0(0%)

0(0%)

2(16.7%)

10(83.3%)

12

Artificially sweetened beverages

0(0%)

33(53.2%)

13(21%)

9(14.5%)

7(11.3%)

62

Sweetened beverages

0(0%)

13(3.9%)

17(5.2%)

66(20%)

234(70.9%)

330

Sum

1622(18.9%)

1036(12.1%)

1588(18.5%)

2365(27.5%)

1976(23.0%)

8587

  1. *Fruits or vegetable based products
  2. **Fruits based products
  3. ***Vegetables based products
  4. For foods: the FSAm-NPS score ranges from − 15 to − 1 points for the A category, from 0 to 2 for the B category, from 3 to 10 for the C category, from 11 to 18 for the D category, and 19 to 40 points for the E category.
  5. For beverages: A corresponds to mineral waters exclusively. The FSAm-NPS score ranges from − 15 to 1 point for the B category, from 2 to 5 for the C category, from 6 to 9 for the D category, and from 10 to 40 points for the E category