Skip to main content

Table 6 Amount of food in the categories and their cost in the food basket for a family with a median income (MIFB)

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

1042

17.4%

+ 175%

14.5

%

Milk products

345

5.8%

+ 7%

28.9

9.6%

Eggs

87

1.5%

0%

8.8

2.9%

Vegetables

547

9.1%

0%

22.0

7.3%

Pulses

18

0.3%

0%

1.2

0.4%

Potatoes

434

7.3%

0%

10.0

3.3%

Fruits & juices

972

16.2%

0%

47.6

15.8%

Nuts

23

0.4%

−11%

3.6

1.2%

Cereals

1688

28.2%

+ 20%

73.8

24.5%

Meat

379

6.3%

−25%

42.0

13.9%

Fish

32

0.5%

0%

4.9

1.6%

Fats & oils

205

3.4%

+ 20%

22.1

7.3%

Other

208

3.5%

−38%

21.2

7.0%

Salt

6

0.1%

−83%

0.2

0.1%

Sums

5986

100%

 

301.5

100%

  1. RD relative deviation from the reported intake of the corresponding category