Appendix 1
Average intake of excluded categories (g/person/day) and rationale for exclusion
| Food category code(s) | Average intake of excluded categories (g/person/day) | Recipe main food group | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 14.9 | Biscuits | Discretionary |
| 8 | 13.9 | Buns, cakes, pastries and fruit pies | Discretionary |
| 9 | 5.1 | Puddings | Discretionary |
| 17 | 2.9 | Butter | Excluded from oils and spreads analyses due to Eatwell Guide recommendations to choose lower-fat spreads instead of butter. Butter analysed separately. |
| 42 | 8.7 | Crisps and savoury snacks | Discretionary |
| 41 | 7.6 | Sugars, preserves and sweet spreads | Discretionary |
| 43 | 1.8 | Sugar confectionery | Discretionary |
| 44 | 7.6 | Chocolate confectionery | Discretionary |
| 53 | 3.5 | Ice cream | Discretionary |
| 57 | 111.1 | Soft drinks, not diet | Discretionary |
| 47 | 2.0 | Spirits and liqueurs | Discretionary |
| 48 | 25.3 | Wine | Discretionary |
| 49 | 48.5 | Beer lager cider and perry | Discretionary |
| 52 | 0.1 | Commercial toddler foods and drinks | Marketed specifically for infants and young children and not needed to meet nutritional requirements |
| 55 | 0.0 | Artificial sweeteners | Excluded in line with SACN recommendations on non-sugar sweeteners |
| 58 | 177.7 | Soft drinks, diet | Hydration. Not included as the analysis was limited to the main Eatwell Guide food groups due to time and resource constraints |
| 51 | 1122.7 | Tea, coffee and water | Hydration. Not included as the analysis was limited to the main Eatwell Guide food groups due to time and resource constraints |
| 50 | 61.1 | Miscellaneous | Containing many items across multiple categories which would require disaggregation into individual food groups |
| 62 | 63.7
| Sandwiches | Unable to disaggregate sandwich components into individual ingredients |
| Total | 191 g/person/day – excluding liquids (food category codes 47,48, 49, 51, 57 and 58) | ||