Table 1 Diet quality score components, dietary guidelines and scoring per component

Vegetables^a,b

Eat at least 200 grams of vegetables daily

100

Grams/ d

0

Continuous

≥200

Fruit^a,b

Eat at least 200 grams of fruit daily

100

Pieces/ d

0

Continuous

≥ 2

Fish^a,b

Eat one serving of fish weekly, preferably oily fish

50

Servings/ w

0

<1

≥ 1

50

-

No fish consumed

Lean or both lean and fatty fish

Mostly fatty fish

Bread^b

Replace refined cereal products by whole-grain products

50

-

Mostly white bread

Both white and brown/ whole-grain bread

Mostly brown/ whole-grain bread

Women: 4-5 brown/ whole-grain sandwiches daily

50

Sandwiches/ d

0

Continuous

≥ 4

Men: 6-8 brown/ whole-grain sandwiches daily

Sandwiches/ d

0

Continuous

≥ 6

Oils and fats^b

Replace butter, hard margarines and cooking fats by soft margarines, liquid cooking fats, and vegetable oils

50

-

Butter, hard margarines

Both butter, hard margarines and oils and soft margarines

Oils and soft margarines

50

-

Butter on bread or bread is not buttered at all

Semi-skimmed butter or hard margarine on bread

Diet margarine on bread

Sweet and savory snacks^b

For products outside the Wheel of Five: choose an item from the daily selection no more than three to five times per day, and something from the weekly selection no more than three times a week

25

Sweet snacks (larger serving)/ w

≥ 3

<1 to 2

Not consumed

25

Sweet snacks (small serving)/ d

> 3

Continuous

Not consumed

25

Savory snacks (larger serving)/ w

≥ 3

1 to 2

Not consumed

25

Savory snacks (small serving)/ d

> 3

Continuous

Not consumed