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Table 4 Foods comprising healthy (recommended) & current (unhealthy) diet baskets, five household (HH) structures

From: Testing the price and affordability of healthy and current (unhealthy) diets and the potential impacts of policy change in Australia

Current (unhealthy) diet basket

 

HH 1a

HH 2b

HH 3c

HH 4d

HH 5e

Constructed diets: Total energy per HH per day (kJ)

48890

23370

10670

16240

34040

Reported diets: Total energy per HH per day (kJ)

48590

24160

10220

14740

34380

Food

Total amount per fortnight

Fruit

 Apples, loose (g)

3100

1700

500

1100

2200

 Bananas, loose (g)

3200

1700

500

1200

2200

 Oranges, loose (g)

3200

1700

500

1200

2200

 Fruit salad, canned in juice (g)

3100

1700

500

1100

2200

Vegetables

 Potato, loose (g)

2100

1050

400

800

1450

 Sweetcorn, canned (g)

510

240

100

200

340

 Broccoli, loose (g)

300

130

70

140

200

 White cabbage, loose (g)

300

130

70

140

200

 Iceberg lettuce, whole (g)

540

260

100

200

360

 Carrot, loose (g)

760

340

160

320

500

 Pumpkin (g)

1100

500

200

500

700

 Four bean mix, canned (g)

750

350

150

300

500

 Diced tomatoes, canned (g)

1600

650

400

800

1050

 Onion, loose (g)

540

260

100

200

360

 Tomatoes, loose (g)

900

400

200

400

600

 Frozen mixed vegetables, pre-packaged (g)

900

400

200

400

600

 Frozen peas, pre-packaged (g)

700

300

200

300

500

 Baked beans, canned (g)

825

475

125

250

600

Grain (cereal) foods

 Weetbix

1400

700

250

450

950

 Wholemeal bread, pre-packaged (g)

700

350

150

250

500

 Rolled oats (g)

600

300

100

200

400

 White bread, pre-packaged (g)

4600

2200

950

1550

3150

 Cornflakes (g)

1400

700

250

450

950

 White pasta (g)

1650

800

300

550

1100

 White rice (g)

1650

800

300

550

1100

Meats, poultry, fish, eggs, nuts and seeds

 Beef mince (g)

800

375

200

300

575

 Lamb loin chops (g)

790

370

200

300

570

 Beef rump steak (g)

840

420

200

300

620

 Tuna, canned in springwater (g)

1145

500

285

560

785

 Chicken breast (g)

1750

730

460

640

1190

 Eggs (g)

1140

565

240

460

805

 Canned meat and vegetable casserole (g)

2350

1200

600

650

1800

Milk, yoghurt, cheese and alternatives

 Cheddar cheese, full fat (g)

720

370

120

200

490

 Milk, full fat (ml)

9850

4850

1600

2900

6450

 Cheddar cheese, reduced fat (g)

310

160

55

80

215

 Milk, reduced fat (ml)

6350

3150

1000

1900

4150

 Yoghurt, reduced fat (g)

910

440

130

220

570

 Yoghurt, flavoured reduced fat (g)

150

0

150

100

150

Unsaturated oils and spreads

 Canola margarine (g)

120

50

25

65

75

 Sunflower oil (ml)

120

50

25

65

75

Discretionary choices

 Beer, full strength (ml)

7235

2639

3569

2986

6208

 White wine, sparkling (ml)

1454

482

498

1014

980

 Whisky (ml)

163

51

71

107

122

 Red wine (ml)

1454

482

498

1014

980

 Butter (g)

364

181

58

163

239

 Muffin, commercial (g)

3485

1521

747

1217

2268

 Cream-filled sweet biscuit, pre-packaged (g)

933

320

332

405

652

 Muesli bar, pre-packaged (g)

528

322

83

81

405

 Peanuts, salted (g)

295

108

83

137

191

 Pizza, commercial (g)

3013

1610

830

573

2440

 Savoury flavoured biscuits (g)

1298

642

249

407

891

 Confectionary (g)

662

342

116

146

458

 Chocolate (g)

321

169

58

61

227

 Coca Cola (ml)

14117

7468

4026

2284

11493

 Meat pie, commercial (g)

1209

632

332

245

964

 Frozen lasagne, pre-packaged (g)

1381

767

332

490

1099

 Hamburger, commercial (g)

1306

609

332

324

941

 Beef sausages (g)

1557

486

664

822

1150

 Ham (g)

1059

403

332

490

735

 Potato crisps, pre-packaged (g)

673

367

71

44

438

 Potato chips, commercial (g)

1176

565

249

486

814

 Ice cream (g)

1948

806

332

727

1138

 White sugar (g)

1492

724

208

528

931

 Salad dressing (ml)

616

305

133

153

437

 Tomato sauce (ml)

641

305

133

153

437

 Chicken soup, canned (g)

2714

1078

598

1753

1675

 Orange fruit drink (ml)

8201

4485

1245

1861

5730

 Fish fillet crumbed, pre-packaged (g)

535

266

108

211

374

Healthy (recommended) diet basket

 

HH 1a

HH 2b

HH 3c

HH 4d

HH 5e

Constructed diets: Total energy per HH per day (kJ)

42600

22030

8750

14170

30780

Recommended diets: Total energy per HH per day (kJ)

43100

22400

9000

13800

31400

Food

Total amount per fortnight

Fruit

 Apples, loose (g)

7910

4060

1400

2800

5460

 Bananas, loose (g)

7910

4060

1400

2800

5460

 Oranges, loose (g)

7910

4060

1400

2800

5460

Vegetables

 Potato, loose (g)

2970

1620

700

800

2320

 Sweetcorn, canned (g)

1485

810

350

400

1160

 Broccoli, loose (g)

2170

1120

350

700

1470

 White cabbage, loose (g)

2170

1120

350

700

1470

 Iceberg lettuce, whole (g)

2170

1120

350

700

1470

 Carrot, loose (g)

3255

1680

525

1050

2205

 Pumpkin (g)

3255

1680

525

1050

2205

 Four bean mix, canned (g)

2760

960

1050

750

2010

 Diced tomatoes, canned (g)

2373

1218

420

840

1638

 Onion, loose (g)

2373

1218

420

840

1638

 Tomatoes, loose (g)

2373

1218

420

840

1638

 Frozen mixed vegetables, pre-packaged (g)

2373

1218

420

840

1638

 Frozen peas, pre-packaged (g)

2373

1218

420

840

1638

Grain (cereal) foods

 Weetbix

2896

1656

560

720

2216

 Wholemeal bread, pre-packaged (g)

5792

3312

1120

1440

4432

 Rolled oats (g)

8688

4968

1680

2160

6648

 White bread, pre-packaged (g)

1133

669

224

256

893

 Cornflakes (g)

850

502

168

192

670

 White pasta (g)

2124

1254

420

480

1674

 White rice (g)

2124

1254

420

480

1674

 Wholegrain crackers (g)

991

585

196

224

781

Meats, poultry, fish, eggs, nuts and seeds

 Beef mince (g)

1514

865

303

433

1168

 Lamb loin chops (g)

1516

866

303

433

1169

 Beef rump steak (g)

1518

867

304

434

1171

 Tuna, canned in springwater (g)

2675

1374

467

934

1841

 Chicken breast (g)

2137

1098

373

746

1471

 Eggs (g)

3208

1648

560

1120

2208

 Peanuts, unsalted (g)

960

360

420

420

780

Milk, yoghurt, cheese and alternatives

 Cheddar cheese, full fat (g)

1104

544

160

520

704

 Milk, full fat (ml)

7651

3713

1125

3375

4838

 Cheddar cheese, reduced fat (g)

408

198

60

180

258

 Milk, reduced fat (ml)

26867

13034

4000

12167

17034

 Yoghurt, reduced fat (g)

10746

5213

1600

4867

6813

Unsaturated oils and spreads

 Canola margarine (g)

538

226

186

186

412

 Sunflower oil (ml)

757

318

261

262

579

  1. HH Household
  2. aHH1 (n = 6): male 19–50 year; female 19–50 year; female 70 + yrs; boy 14 years; girl 8 years; boy 4 years
  3. bHH2 (n = 3): female 19–50 year; boy 14 years; girl 8 years
  4. cHH3 (n = 1): male 19–50 year
  5. dHH4 (n = 2): male 70+ yrs; female 70 + yrs
  6. eHH5 (n = 4): adult male 19–50 year old; adult female 19–50 year old; boy 14 years old; girl 8 years