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Table 5 Amount of food in the categories and their cost in the food basket for a family on minimum wage (MWFB)

From: Nutritionally adequate food baskets optimised for cultural acceptability as basis for dietary guidelines for low-income Czech families

Food category

Weight (raw, g)

Weight share

RD

Cost (CZK)

Cost share

Milk

2214

36.9%

+ 483%

30.8

17.3%

Milk products

161

2.7%

−50%

10.1

5.7%

Vegetables

547

9.7%

+ 6%

18.4

10.3%

Pulses

18

0.3%

< 1%

1.1

0.6%

Potatoes

434

6.7%

−8%

8.7

4.9%

Fruits & juices

250

4.2%

−74%

11.8

6.7%

Nuts

25

0.4%

<+ 1%

3.4

2.1%

Cereals

1686

28.1%

+ 20%

35.2

19.8%

Meat & offal

241

4.0%

−52%

19.7

11.1%

Fish

27

0.4%

−17%

4.5

2.6%

Fats & oils

288

4.8%

+ 69%

27

15.2%

Other

90

1.5%

−73%

6.4

3.4%

Salt

12

0.2%

−66%

0.3

0.2%

Sums

5994

100%

 

177.7

100%

  1. RD relative deviation from the reported intake of the corresponding category (=100%)