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Table 1 Proportion of products in FLIP 2010-2013 and proportion of foods carrying any claim in FLIP 2013

From: Assessing nutrition and other claims on food labels: a repeated cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian food supply

Schedule M Categorya

FLIP 2010b,c

FLIP 2013

Products with any claim in FLIP 2013

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

Bakery Products

1636

15.6%

2084

13.6%

1072

51.4%

Combination Dishes

1044

10.0%

1357

8.9%

530

39.1%

Dairy Products and Substitutes

839

8.0%

1240

8.1%

799

64.4%

Sauces, Dips, Gravies and Condiments

691

6.6%

1229

8.0%

333

27.1%

Fruits and Fruit Juices

800

7.6%

1089

7.1%

746

68.5%

Cereals and Other Grain Products

777

7.4%

988

6.5%

592

59.9%

Meat, Poultry, Their Products and Substitutes

643

6.1%

895

5.9%

426

47.6%

Vegetables

623

5.9%

834

5.5%

338

40.5%

Desserts

525

5.0%

827

5.4%

403

48.7%

Snacks

471

4.5%

794

5.2%

493

62.1%

Sugars and Sweets

235

2.2%

749

4.9%

161

21.5%

Fats and Oils

476

4.5%

535

3.5%

289

54.0%

Beverages

257

2.5%

482

3.2%

231

47.9%

Soups

334

3.2%

456

3.0%

278

61.0%

Miscellaneous category

198

1.9%

450

2.9%

163

36.2%

Marine and Fresh Water Animals

336

3.2%

440

2.9%

211

48.0%

Nuts and Seeds

109

1.0%

220

1.4%

116

52.7%

Legumes

189

1.8%

180

1.2%

99

55.0%

Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes and Yams

95

0.9%

140

0.9%

76

54.3%

Dessert Toppings and Fillings

55

0.5%

116

0.8%

37

31.9%

Salads

60

0.6%

70

0.5%

28

40.0%

Egg and Egg Substitutes

37

0.4%

56

0.4%

31

55.4%

Meal Replacements

57

0.5%

55

0.4%

53

96.4%

TOTAL

10,487

100.0%

15,286

100.0%

7505

49.1%

  1. aFood categories defined as per Schedule M of the Food and Drug Regulations [13, 27]
  2. bNumber and proportion of foods in FLIP 2010 (n = 10,487), as published in Schermel et al., Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2013;38(6):666-672 [24]
  3. cProducts with any claim per food category were not reported for FLIP 2010 and therefore were not included in this paper