Tracking progress toward a climate-friendly public food service strategy: assessing nutritional quality and carbon footprint changes in childcare centers

Table 3 Food procurement in 2022 for childcare centers who have and have not received advisory process (edible fraction, g per 10 MJ), the percent difference between groups, and the target amounts from guidelines for healthy and climate-friendly meals in childcare centers based on modeled diet [23]

Food group	Procured amount (g/10 MJ)		% Diff	Target (g/10 MJ)
	Advisory process
	No (n = 269)	Yes (n = 87)
Bread and cereals^a	329	326	-1%	280
Whole grain, g ingredient	115	112	-2%
Potatoes	94	97	3%	100
Vegetables total^b	253	273	8%	278
Fruit total^c	180	188	-4%	277
Pulses, dry^d	11	14	22%	30
Processed plant-based protein-rich foods^e	2.7	2.4	-10%	-
Tree and ground nuts	1.2	2.0	59%	15
Seeds^f	3.5	4.6	33%	9
Milk	254	263	3%	364
Dairy foods^g	51	56	10%	36
Cheese	20	19	-6%	20
Plant-based dairy alternatives	9	8	-12%	-
Meat total^h	58	48	-19%	47
Beef and lamb	18	10	-45%	9.5
Pork	11	12	8%	9.5
Poultry	29	26	-12%	28
Egg	20	24	20%	23
Fish, total^h	53	50	-5%	63
Fats, plant-basedⁱ	45	53	18%	46
Fats, animal-basedⁱ	25	16	-37%	4
Coffee and tea	3	3	3%	3
Discretionary foods and beverages	28	30	7%	26
Condiments and seasoning	16	17	7%	15

^aCombination of grains/flour and bread; ^bIncludes mushrooms; ^cIncludes berries, dried fruit, and a limited amount of fruit juice; ^dPulses purchased as a mix of cooked and dry pulses but are here expressed as dry weight ^eContains different soy-, pea-, and mycoprotein-based products (tofu, patties etc.); ^fDoes not include seeds in bread; ^gAll other dairy products except milk, cheese and butter. The target for the sum of milk and dairy foods should be 400 g/10 MJ; ^hMeat and fish are predominantly raw but also contain limited amounts of processed products; ⁱIncludes fat-based products, e.g., sauces and dressings

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