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

Table 3 Food categories: percent of all items purchased, and average household (n = 90) expenditures and ounces

Sum across all HHs			Monthly Average per HH
Food Category	# Items	% Items	Cost ($)	Ounces	Cost/Ounce
Fruits and Vegetables
Fruit	1,020	11.0	32.07	373.50	.0858
Vegetables (not potatoes)
Not fried	1,221	13.1	34.85	257.37	.1354
Fried	26	0.3	0.86	1.64	.5226
Potatoes
Not fried	157	1.7	3.40	60.38	.0562
Fried	403	4.3	4.17	34.62	.1205
Snacks and Sweets
Snacks	772	8.3	23.68	118.96	.1990
Sweets	1,337	14.4	43.89	237.55	.1847
Entrées and Sides
Prepackaged Entrée
< 500 kcal	212	2.3	8.26	38.64	.2137
> 500 kcal	259	2.8	13.93	86.66	.1607
Eating out entrée	1,546	16.6	106.91	204.22	.5235
Eating out side orders	339	3.6	7.24	22.11	.3275
Beverages
Non-caloric beverages	483	5.2	12.73	526.27	.0242
Sugar-sweetened beverages	846	9.1	18.95	558.89	.0339
Fruit/Vegetable juice	281	3.0	9.77	184.55	.0529
Eating out alcoholic beverages	88	0.9	7.50	15.96	.4698
Eating out specialty drinks	310	3.3	8.38	53.67	.1561

NOTE. The two left columns show the distribution of the 9,300 line items on all receipts collected at baseline according to the category of food as which they were classified. For example, of the 9,300 line items, 11%, or 1,020 of these were fruit. The third and fourth columns from the left show the average per household cost and ounces for each food category. For example, the average amount of fruit purchased per household was 373.50 ounces, and the average fruit cost was $32.07. The right column shows the cost per ounce for each food category.

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