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Table 1 Description of targeted food categories for receipt coding

From: Annotated receipts capture household food purchases from a broad range of sources

 

Example Items

Food Category

Home

Eating-Out

Fruits and Vegetables

  

Fruits

Apples (2 lbs)

Apple slices (4 oz)

Vegetables (not potatoes)

  

   Fried

Onion rings (frozen 1 lb)

Onion rings (3 oz)

   Not fried

Broccoli (fresh 1 lb)

Green side salad

Potatoes

  

   Fried

French fries (frozen 1 lb)

French fries (6 oz)

   Not fried

Raw white potatoes (5 lb)

Mashed potatoes (4 oz)

Snacks and Sweets

  

Snacks

Corn chips (16 oz)

Corn chips (5 oz)

Sweets

Doughnut (1 lb)

Doughnut (2 oz)

Entrées and Sides

  

Prepackaged Entrée

  

   Less than 500 calories

Frozen pasta entrée (single serving 10 oz)

NA

   500 calories or more

Frozen pizza (20 oz)

NA

Entrée-eating out

NA

Cheeseburger; burrito

Side foods

NA

Refried beans; coleslaw

Beverages

  

Non-caloric beverages

Bottled water (1 L)

Diet cola (16 oz)

Sugar-sweetened beverages

Carbonated sweetened cola (1 L)

Carbonated sweetened cola (16 oz)

Fruit/Vegetable juice

100% orange juice (1 L)

100% orange juice (16 oz)

Alcoholic beverages

NA

Beer (1 pint)

Specialty beverages

NA

Milkshake (20 oz)

  

Frappuccino (20 oz)

  1. NOTE: Home NA categories are NOT used for coding home items. Eating-out NA categories are NOT used for coding eating out items.