Table 3 Mean (SD) cost and nutritional data for ‘regular’ foods and toddler food categories
From: Toddler foods and milks don’t stack up against regular foods and milks
Product category | n= | Price/100 g | Energy/ 100 g (kJ) | Protein/ 100 g (g) | Total fat/ 100 g (g) | Saturated fat/ 100 g (g) | Carbohydrate/ 100 g (g) | Total sugar/ 100 g (g) | Sodium/ 100 g (mg) | Calcium/ 100 g (mg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cereal/fruit bars | 8 | $1.43 (0.76) | 1628 (146) | 5.8 (2.2) | 10.3 (6.7) | 5.2 (4.9) | 64.2 (9.8) | 31 (16.4) | 52.1 (55.5) | |
Dried fruit | 7 | $1.37 (0.7) | 1281 (100) | 2.3 (0.9) | 0.9 (1) | 0.2 (0.2) | 68.1 (5.8) | 61.7 (6.6) | 58. (53.8) | |
Fresh fruit | 10 | $1.08 (1.43) | 214 (81) | 0.7 (0.4) | 0.1 (0.1) | 0 (0) | 10 (4.5) | 9.2 (3.25) | 0.9 (1.1) | |
Organic/Raw balls/bites | 5 | $4.86 (0.81) | 1750 (131) | 11.1 (10) | 16.1 (4.3) | 4.7 (4) | 53.3 (14.7) | 36.5 (15.6) | 79 (123.9) | |
Rice crackers | 9 | $1.71 (1.54) | 1761 (106) | 7.5 (0.9) | 7.2 (5.6) | 3.1 (4.4) | 79.2 (6.9) | 7.8 (11.9) | 324.5 (145.6) | |
Yoghurt | 10 | $0.7 (0.44) | 400 (46) | 4.8 (0.5) | 2.6 (1.1) | 1.7 (0.8) | 12.7 (1.6) | 11.4 (1.6) | 57.2 (7.9) | 196.7 (54) |
Cereal/fruit bars | 14 | $3.64 (1.87) | 1514 (115) | 5.9 (0.9) | 8.1 (2.1) | 2.9 (1.4) | 62 (9.8) | 34 (5.9) | 126.7 (99.1) | |
Dried fruit | 5 | $11.31 (8.26) | 1414 (111) | 2.4 (0.9) | 0.5 (0.1) | 0.1 (0) | 75.3 (4.2) | 62.4 (10.8) | 10.2 (5.5) | |
Snack - fruit sweetened | 11 | $12.46 (10.53) | 1013 (635) | 3.9 (5.2) | 2.8 (5.1) | 0.6 (0.9) | 48.7 (30.6) | 40.6 (27.1) | 35.8 (66) | |
Organic/Raw balls/bites | 12 | $5.54 (1.21) | 1701 (231) | 6.4 (2.7) | 16.7 (9.8) | 11.2 (8.4) | 55.9 (8.7) | 41.3 (8.2) | 68.5 (92.1) | |
Rice crackers | 16 | $10.03 (4.58) | 1825 (190) | 6.7 (1) | 10.5 (8.5) | 4.3 (5.6) | 75.6 (11) | 11 (10.5) | 113.2 (123.2) | |
Yoghurt | 26 | $2.01 (1.14) | 338 (34) | 4 (0.4) | 3.3 (1) | 2.2 (0.7) | 8.3 (1.6) | 6.5 (1.7) | 45.6 (8.5) | 169 (14) |