Table 1 Median price, purchases, expenditure and expenditure shares for households in the nutritional clusters (excluding zero purchases)
Aggregate food categoriesa | Nutritional clusters | Number of shopping events (% of those included compared to overall shops) | Price per 100 g in NZ$ | Purchased quantity in grams | Expenditure in NZ$ | Percentage of expenditure per food category out of total expenditure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | ||||
Beverages | Low-sugar | 2386 (56%) | 3.38 | 5.25 | 300 | 1400 | 7.89 | 8.29 | 9% |
Medium-sugar | 3530 (83%) | 0.21 | 0.07 | 3500 | 3000 | 7.02 | 7.46 | ||
High-sugar | 582 (14%) | 0.52 | 0.91 | 1000 | 1135 | 3.79 | 2.21 | ||
Grains | Low-sugar | 3815 (90%) | 0.52 | 0.33 | 1982 | 2300 | 10.52 | 11.22 | 11% |
Medium-sugar | 1361 (32%) | 1.11 | 0.73 | 500 | 440 | 5.50 | 3.97 | ||
High-sugar | 932 (22%) | 1.14 | 1.28 | 650 | 1000 | 6.00 | 4.49 | ||
Low-sodium | 2540 (60%) | 0.32 | 0.29 | 1500 | 1650 | 5.38 | 5.82 | ||
Medium-sodium | 3696 (87%) | 0.68 | 0.41 | 1360 | 1470 | 9.23 | 10.48 | ||
High-sodium | 906 (21%) | 1.49 | 1.23 | 350 | 530 | 4.46 | 1.84 | ||
Dairy | Low-sodium | 3599 (85%) | 0.27 | 0.14 | 3000 | 2375 | 8.75 | 8.62 | 12% |
Medium-sodium | 474 (11%) | 2.54 | 2.11 | 250 | 300 | 6.52 | 4.61 | ||
High-sodium | 2181 (51%) | 1.85 | 1.59 | 900 | 750 | 11.15 | 7.24 | ||
Low-SAFA | 1271 (30%) | 0.25 | 0.44 | 2000 | 1250 | 5.38 | 3.82 | ||
Medium-SAFA | 3114 (73%) | 0.25 | 0.14 | 2225 | 2000 | 7.04 | 6.65 | ||
High-SAFA | 2455 (58%) | 1.81 | 1.47 | 900 | 650 | 11.75 | 9.15 | ||
Meat | Low-SAFA | 3065 (72%) | 1.91 | 0.71 | 750 | 760 | 13.14 | 14.38 | 24% |
Medium-SAFA | 3155 (74%) | 1.93 | 0.62 | 855 | 900 | 16.31 | 17.28 | ||
High-SAFA | 2512 (59%) | 1.79 | 0.78 | 770 | 770 | 12.63 | 12.40 | ||
Low-sodium | 3491 (82%) | 1.95 | 0.61 | 1210 | 1250 | 23.51 | 25.56 | ||
Medium-sodium | 2617 (61%) | 1.72 | 0.62 | 600 | 610 | 9.90 | 10.64 | ||
High-sodium | 1522 (36%) | 1.97 | 1.14 | 480 | 500 | 10.31 | 9.04 | ||
Sauces and seasonings | Low-sugar | 1614 (38%) | 1.18 | 1.35 | 495 | 470 | 4.89 | 4.27 | 6% |
Medium-sugar | 1212 (29%) | 1.19 | 0.97 | 400 | 300 | 4.29 | 2.71 | ||
High-sugar | 1206 (28%) | 1.10 | 0.60 | 520 | 460 | 5.04 | 4.28 | ||
Low-sodium | 357 (8%) | 1.25 | 0.74 | 500 | 30 | 6.63 | 3.17 | ||
Medium-sodium | 1679 (39%) | 0.90 | 0.62 | 500 | 581 | 4.87 | 4.53 | ||
High-sodium | 1664 (39%) | 1.44 | 0.88 | 400 | 380 | 5.18 | 4.83 | ||
Snacks | Low-sugar | 2589 (61%) | 1.64 | 0.83 | 350 | 390 | 5.47 | 6.21 | 11% |
Medium-sugar | 1840 (43%) | 1.33 | 1.26 | 420 | 750 | 5.52 | 4.90 | ||
High-sugar | 2828 (66%) | 1.77 | 0.84 | 490 | 690 | 8.40 | 9.42 | ||
Low-sodium | 2675 (63%) | 1.74 | 1.43 | 500 | 1062 | 7.93 | 9.02 | ||
Medium-sodium | 2723 (64%) | 1.57 | 0.66 | 450 | 540 | 6.99 | 7.92 | ||
High-sodium | 1871 (44%) | 1.66 | 0.75 | 250 | 270 | 4.19 | 4.32 | ||
Low-SAFA | 2011 (47%) | 1.43 | 1.04 | 375 | 375 | 4.51 | 4.65 | ||
Medium-SAFA | 1729 (41%) | 1.87 | 0.98 | 250 | 290 | 4.78 | 4.84 | ||
High-SAFA | 3163 (74%) | 1.66 | 0.86 | 600 | 925 | 9.81 | 11.67 | ||