Table 5 Characteristics of articles associated with the food composition domain (n = 42)

Jurisdiction level

National

37

88

[73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82, 88, 89, 93, 194,195,196,197,198,199,200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217]

Provincial/territorial

2

5

[70, 218]

Regional

2

5

[71, 72]

Municipal

1

2

[219]

Setting

Grocery stores

36

86

[70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82, 88, 89, 93, 194,195,196,197,198,199,200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210, 217,218,219]

Food service industry (e.g., restaurants)

6

14

[211,212,213,214,215,216]

Other (e.g., drugstores, foods from the land for studies in Indigenous communities)

2

5

[72, 202]

Methods

Method of nutritional content analysis

Research database

39

93

[71, 73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82, 88, 89, 93, 194,195,196,197,198,199,200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,216, 218, 219]

Government database

3

7

[71, 72, 210]

Non-governmental (or commercial) database

2

5

[70, 217]

Laboratory analysis

2

5

[204, 205]

Other

2

5

[72, 210]

Outcomes

Nutrient content

37

88

[70,71,72,73,74,75, 78,79,80,81,82, 88, 89, 93, 194,195,196, 198,199,200,201,202,203,204,205, 208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219]

Quality (‘healthiness’) of foods

13

31

[71, 75,76,77,78, 88, 89, 197, 201, 206, 208,209,210]

Presence of a specific nutrient or ingredient^a

7

17

[78, 93, 199, 202, 207, 215, 217]

Package or serving size

4

10

[75, 80, 200, 213]

Product sub-categories (type of ready-to-eat cereals)

1

2

[70]