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Table 2 The occasional food criteria for determining if a food is red [23]

From: Effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention to enhance implementation of a healthy canteen policy in Australian primary schools: a randomised controlled trial

Hot food assessed per 100 g

Nutrient criteria per 100 g

 Food category

Energy (kJ)

Saturated fat (g)

Sodium (mg)

 Savoury pastries, pasta, pizzas, oven baked potato products, spring rolls, fried rice and noodles

>1000 kJ

>5 g

>400 mg

 Crumbed & coated foods(e.g., patties, chicken products, frankfurters)

>1000 kJ

>5 g

>700 mg

Snack food and drinks assessed per serve

Nutrient criteria per serve (as sold in canteen)

 Food category

Energy (kJ)

Saturated fat (g)

Sodium (mg)

Fibre (g)

 Snack food bars, sweet biscuits

>600 kJ

>3 g

 

<1.0 g

 Savoury snack foods, biscuits

>600 kJ

>3 g

>200 mg

 

 Ice-creams, milk based ice confections

>600 kJ

>3 g

  

 Cakes, muffins, sweet pastries

>900 kJ

>3 g

 

<1.5 g

  1. If the item has more than the number specified in the energy, saturated fat or sodium column, or less than the number in the fibre column, it is a red food