Table 1 Food groups and related food products
Food groups | Products included in the groupa |
|---|---|
Milk and milk products | milk (whole, semi-skimmed, skimmed, condensed milk) milk-based beverages, sweet milk, curds, yoghurt, kefir, etc. soft cheese, hard cheese and other types of cheese, cream, sour cream and its substitutes, ice creams, milk-cream desserts |
Poultry and meat | red meat: pork, beef, veal, other meat (mutton, horse meat, pork and beef offal), pork and beef smoked meats (hams, sirloins, sausages, etc) poultry meat: chicken, turkey, other poultry (duck, geese and poultry offal), poultry smoked meats (hams, sirloins, sausages, etc) and rabbit |
Fish and shellfish | fresh fish, smoked and processed fish (canned fish, salted fish, other fish products) |
Cereals, including rice | bread: light bread, wholemeal bread, rolls (various kinds of rolls, toasted bread), flour, pasta, cereal and rice, cereals (various types, also with toppings, bran, muesli) |
Vegetables | fresh, frozen vegetables, processed vegetables, vegetable products and legumes |
Potatoes | all potato dishes |
Fruit and berries | fresh, frozen and processed fruits (e.g. jam, but excluding juices) |
Sugar and sweet products | sugar, sweets: various types of cakes and biscuits, candies, chocolates, sweet bars, honey |
Margarine, butter, oil etc. | animal fats added (butter, lard), vegetable fats added (soft and hard margarines, oils), and mixed fats added (blends of butter with margarine or oil) |