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Table 3 Consumption patterns across all 68 macronutrient-driven LTC food/fluid groupings and the related Canada’s Food Guide food groups (\(n_{items}\) = 47 056; \(n_{residents}\) = 634)

From: Characterizing Canadian long-term care home consumed foods and their inflammatory potential: a secondary analysis

Expert Informed Group

CFG Group

Daily intake, kcal/day

freq/day

mean (SD)

%

JUICE

OTHER

152.6 (106.7)

9.8%

2.3

BREAD

GRAIN, REFINED

132.2 (111.8)

8.5%

1.1

MILK_SOYMILK

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

121.1 (111.7)

7.8%

2.2

ORAL_NUT_SUP

OTHER

80.1 (169.7)

5.1%

0.5

CEREAL

GRAIN, WHOLE

74.7 (60.3)

4.8%

0.8

DESSERT_OTHER

OTHER

71.1 (79.6)

4.6%

0.7

CAKE_LOAF

GRAIN, REFINED

64.3 (81.2)

4.1%

0.3

POTATO

VEGFRUIT, PLAIN

62.7 (50.7)

4%

0.9

SOUP_STEW

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

54.3 (49.8)

3.5%

0.8

EGG

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

52.2 (56.9)

3.3%

0.6

SANDWICH

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

47.8 (75.6)

3.1%

0.3

CANDY

OTHER

46 (46.4)

2.9%

1.2

POULTRY

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

45.7 (51)

2.9%

0.4

BUTTER

OTHER

40.2 (45.3)

2.6%

0.8

BEEF

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

39.6 (50.3)

2.5%

0.3

PORK

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

39.2 (47.9)

2.5%

0.4

PIE

GRAIN, REFINED

32.5 (50.8)

2.1%

0.2

FRUIT_OTHER

VEGFRUIT, PLAIN

30.6 (40.9)

2%

0.6

MUFFIN

GRAIN, REFINED

30.3 (60.9)

1.9%

0.2

COOKIE

OTHER

29 (44.5)

1.9%

0.3

SAUCE

OTHER

24.9 (26.6)

1.6%

0.8

MIXED_DISH_PASTA

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

23 (42.2)

1.5%

0.1

FISH_SEAFOOD

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

20.3 (32.5)

1.3%

0.2

YOGURT_DAIRY_OTHER

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

19 (39.5)

1.2%

0.2

VEG_OTHER

VEGFRUIT, PLAIN

16.3 (17)

1%

0.6

CONDIMENTS_SUGAR

OTHER

15.7 (20.7)

1%

0.5

BANANA

VEGFRUIT, PLAIN

15.2 (26.1)

1%

0.2

CHEESE

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

12.3 (27.1)

0.8%

0.1

MEAT_PROCESSED

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

12.1 (28.8)

0.8%

0.1

BEAN

PROTEINS, PLANT

11.5 (25.4)

0.7%

0.2

PEANUT_BUTTER

PROTEINS, PLANT

10.7 (31.1)

0.7%

0.1

FAST_FOOD_CHIPS

OTHER

10.2 (32.3)

0.7%

0.1

WHOLE_GRAIN

GRAIN, WHOLE

9 (33.5)

0.6%

0.1

PUDDING

OTHER

8.8 (29.3)

0.6%

0.1

CREAM

OTHER

7.8 (23.6)

0.5%

0.4

CASSEROLE_MEAT

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

7.7 (24.6)

0.5%

0

APPLE

VEGFRUIT, PLAIN

7.6 (13.6)

0.5%

0.4

ICECREAM

OTHER

7 (25.4)

0.4%

0.1

CRACKER

GRAIN, REFINED

6.5 (25.5)

0.4%

0.2

PANCAKE

GRAIN, REFINED

6.1 (21.5)

0.4%

0

VEG_CRUC

VEGFRUIT, ADDED

5.7 (11)

0.4%

0.2

FRUIT_CRUMBLE

VEGFRUIT, ADDED

5.1 (20.7)

0.3%

0

CARROT

VEGFRUIT, PLAIN

4.6 (8.8)

0.3%

0.2

CITRUS

VEGFRUIT, ADDED

4.2 (9.9)

0.3%

0.1

THICKENER

OTHER

3.7 (18.4)

0.2%

0.3

BAR

OTHER

3.4 (18.1)

0.2%

0

LEAFY_GREENS

VEGFRUIT, ADDED

3.4 (8.4)

0.2%

0.2

BERRIES

VEGFRUIT, PLAIN

3.3 (8.3)

0.2%

0.1

SODA_DRINK

OTHER

3.2 (10.2)

0.2%

0.1

PEAS

PROTEINS, PLANT

2.8 (7.1)

0.2%

0.1

JELLO

OTHER

2.7 (16.8)

0.2%

0

NOODLES

GRAIN, REFINED

2.6 (18.3)

0.2%

0

FILLED_PASTRY_SAVOURY

OTHER

2.5 (15.9)

0.2%

0

SMOOTHIE

OTHER

2.3 (36.9)

0.1%

0

PUREE_SUPPER

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

1.6 (20.6)

0.1%

0

TEA

OTHER

1.6 (4.8)

0.1%

0.7

WATER

OTHER

1.6 (7.3)

0.1%

1.1

SNACK

OTHER

1.3 (8.8)

0.1%

0

CONDIMENTS

OTHER

1.2 (4.3)

0.1%

0.2

HOT_CHOCOLATE

OTHER

1.1 (18)

0.1%

0

SQUASH

VEGFRUIT, PLAIN

1.1 (3.6)

0.1%

0.1

PROTEIN_VEG

PROTEINS, PLANT

1 (9.7)

0.1%

0

PROTEIN_POWDER

PROTEINS, ANIMAL

0.7 (10.5)

0%

0

TOMATO

VEGFRUIT, ADDED

0.7 (3.9)

0%

0

NUTS_SEEDS

PROTEINS, PLANT

0.6 (4.4)

0%

0

COFFEE

OTHER

0.5 (4)

0%

1.1

ALCOHOL

OTHER

0.4 (3.1)

0%

0

GRANOLA BAR

GRAIN, WHOLE

0.4 (4.8)

0%

0

  1. Mean daily kcal intake represents a theoretical average resident (i.e., mean intake across 634 residents); frequency of consumption is per resident per day for the theoretical average resident (i.e., divided by 634 residents). Coffee and tea were included due to the common practice of additions of milk, cream, and sugar. SD: standard deviation