Table 1 Food groupings used in factor analysis
Food group | Example of food items |
|---|---|
Cereals and tubers products | Rice, noodles, pasta, plain bread |
Whole grains | Corn, barley, buckwheat |
Dark-colored vegetables | Spinach, canola, carrot, spinach |
Light-colored vegetables | Chinese cabbage, potato, onion |
Pickled vegetables | Preserved vegetables, vegetables in soy sauce |
Poultry | Chicken, duck meat |
Red meats and its products | Pork, beef, lamb and those products |
Eggs and eggs products | Whole eggs, yolk, white, preserved eggs |
Fruit | Fresh and canned (no added sugar) fruits |
Condiment | Sauce, vinegar, salt, monosodium glutamate |
Oils | Colza oil, soybean oil, peanut oil |
Soy products | Dried beans, beans flour, roasted broad bean |
Milk and its products | Whole milk, skim milk, flavored milk, cheese, yogurt |
Seafood | Fresh fish, dried fish, shellfish, shrimp |
Nuts and seeds | Sesame, sunflower, peanuts, walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, pine-nuts |
Drink | Fruit or flavored drinks, fruit juice, soft drinks |
Wine | Beer, rice wine, white wine |
Pastry snacks | Cakes, pancake, mooncake |
Other food | Fast food, canned food |