Table 2 Fast food categorization system
From: International collaborative project to compare and track the nutritional composition of fast foods
| Fast food category | Food sub-category (major) | Food sub-category (minor) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asian | Thai | Thai take-away meals and products | |
| Chinese | Chinese take-away meals and products | ||
| Indian | Indian take-away meals and products | ||
| Sushi and rice-paper rolls | All sushi and rice-paper rolls | ||
| Other | Other Asian take-away products and meals not in above categories | ||
| Beverages | Juice | Fruit and vegetable juices, pure fruit smoothies | |
| Milkshakes/ smoothies | Milkshakes, thickshakes, milk-based smoothies and other milk-based drinks | ||
| Water | Plain and flavoured waters | ||
| Soft drink | Sugar-sweetened | Sugar-sweetened soft drinks | |
| Sugar free | Artificially-sweetened soft drinks | ||
| Tea/coffee/hot chocolate | Tea, coffee, hot chocolate, and iced variations | ||
| Other | Other take-away beverages | ||
| Breakfast | Savoury | Breakfast rolls/wraps/sandwiches, hot breakfasts, hash brown | |
| Sweet | Pancakes/hotcakes | ||
| Other | Plain English muffins, bagels, yoghurt, cereal | ||
| Burgers | Beef burgers | All beef-based burger products (excluding sandwiches) | |
| Fish burgers | All fish-based burger products (excluding sandwiches) | ||
| Chicken burgers | All chicken-based burger products (excluding sandwiches) | ||
| Vegetarian burgers | All vegetarian burger products (excluding sandwiches) | ||
| Chicken | Fried/grilled/roasted chicken, nuggets, hot wings | ||
| Dessert | Dessert products | ||
| Dressings/ condiments | Sweet | Dessert sauces, sweet spreads | |
| Savoury | Salad dressing, croutons, savoury sauces and spreads, gravy | ||
| Other | Ribs, boxed meals etc. | ||
| Pasta | Pasta dishes | ||
| Pizza | Meat-based toppings | Take-away pizza products with meat-based toppings | |
| Seafood toppings | Take-away pizza products with seafood-based toppings | ||
| Vegetarian toppings | Take-away pizza products with vegetable-based toppings | ||
| Salads | Garden/plain salads | Garden salads or other plain salads | |
| Salads with meat | Salad products with beef, chicken, lamb or fish | ||
| Sandwiches | Beef-based sandwiches | Beef-based sandwiches, wraps etc. (excludes burger-bun products) | |
| Chicken-based sandwiches | Chicken-based sandwiches, wraps etc. (excludes burger-bun products) | ||
| Fish-based sandwiches | Fish-based sandwiches, wraps etc. (excludes burger-bun products) | ||
| Vegetarian sandwiches | Vegetarian sandwiches, wraps etc. (excludes burger-bun products) | ||
| Other sandwich products | All other sandwich products | ||
| Seafood | All seafood products | ||
| Sides | Fries | Salted and unsalted fries | |
| Other | All sides (excluding fries) such as onion rings, vegetables, garlic bread etc. | ||
| Soup | Soup products | ||
| Cakes, muffins and pastry | Cakes | Sweet cake products including sweet muffins | |
| Muffins | Savoury muffins | ||
| Sweet pastry-based products | Pastry-based products such as danishes, tarts etc. | ||
| Savoury pastry-based products | Savoury-based products such as empanadas, pies etc. | ||
| Other cereal-based products | Tacos | Tacos and other wheat/maize-based products | |
| Kebabs | Kebab products |