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An Update on Nutrition Surveys in Isolated Northern Communities

Appendix A. Classification of foods reported in the 24-hour recall according to food groups and Food Mail categories

Food group	Nutritious Perishable Foods	Non-perishable Foods	Foods of Little Nutritional Value	Country Foods	Conve- nience Peri- shable Foods
Dairy Products	Cheese, natural Processed cheese slices Processed cheese spread Cottage cheese Cream cheese dip Fluid milk (including chocolate) Ice cream/ice cream bars/ice cream sandwiches Milk shakes Powdered skim/whole milk Yogurt Yogurt beverages	Evaporated milk
Eggs	Eggs
Meat, Poultry, and Fish	Fresh and frozen meat, poultry, fish (excluding Convenience Perishable Foods) Luncheon meat Frozen fish sticks Frozen fish cakes Frozen beef patties Wieners	Canned meat, poultry, fish, and luncheon meat		Country meat, birds, fish (fresh/ aged/ dried) Caribou bone marrow Muktuk Liver Shellfish	Frozen fried breaded chicken Frozen fish in batter
Meat Al- ternates	Bacon bits, meatless Nuts Peanut butter Seeds	Dried peas and bean Canned dried peas and beans
Cereal Products	Breads Rolls, plain Cook-type breakfast cereals (e.g., rolled oats) English muffins Bagels	Bread and roll mix Bread stuffing mix Cake, cookie, muffin, pancake mixes Cereals, ready-to-eat Cookies, plain (arrowroot, social tea) Cornstarch Crackers Pilot biscuits Flour Ice cream cones (cone Pasta, dry (macaroni, spaghetti, noodles) Rice pilaf mix, dry Rice, white, with pasta and seasonings Rice, regular/instant	Cookies, sweet Danish pastry/ turnovers/ Pop Tarts Doughnuts Cakes, frozen/ fresh Waffles, frozen Granola bars Pies/tarts Banana bread Muffins Frozen French toast
Citrus and Toma- toes	Fruit juice (apple with vitamin C, orange), fresh or frozen Citrus fruit (oranges, grapefruit, lemons) Tomatoes	Fruit juice (apple with vitamin C, orange), canned or bottled Spaghetti sauce (tomato), canned Tomato juice, canned Tomato paste/sauce, canned Tomatoes, canned
Other Fruit	Fruit, fresh or frozen Fruit juice, frozen, no vitamin C (e.g., grape)	Fruit, canned Fruit, dried Fruit juice, canned, no vitamin C (e.g., grape)		Blue- berries
Potatoes	Potatoes, fresh Potatoes, French- fried/ hash brown, frozen	Potatoes, canned Potatoes, instant mashed flakes, dry	Potato chips
Other Vege- tables	Vegetables, fresh or frozen	Vegetables, canned Vegetables, dehydrated (onion flakes)
Fats and Oils	Butter Margarine Salad dressing Mayonnaise	Lard Shortening Vegetable oil		Country fat
Sugar and Sweets		Baking chocolate Chocolate- flavoured beverage mix (Quik) Cocoa powder Dessert topping, powdered Equal (low-calorie sweetener) Fruit drink crystals with Vitamin C added Fruit drinks (with vitamin C or 25% juice), canned/ bottled/ frozen Gelatin dessert powder Jams and preserves Molasses Pudding mixes Sauces, sundae Sugar/syrups	Candy Chewing gum Chocolate bars Coffee whitener non-dairy), powdered/ frozen Fruit drink crystals, without vitamin C Instant tea, frozen Popcorn, caramel- coated Fruit- flavoured ices e.g., Popsicles/ Slush Puppies) Frozen cheesecake Soft drinks
Miscel- la- neous	Frozen sweet and sour pork Pizza/Pizza Pops Rice fried with meat, frozen TV Dinners (e.g., Salisbury steak, turkey, roast chicken) Bottled mineral water Sandwich spread	Baking powder/soda Breading for baked or fried chicken Canned beef/chicken stew Canned meatballs Chow mein, canned Coffee, regular/ decaffeinated Corned beef hash, canned Dried herbs and spices Gravies Macaroni and cheese dinner (e.g., Kraft Dinner) Pickles and olives Pasta with sauce, canned Sauces (e.g., ketchup, Worces- tershire, soy, barbecue, sweet and sour) Sauces, dehydrated Soups, canned Soups, dehydrated Spaghetti sauce (with meat) Tea, regular/ instant/herb Dried fruit and nut mix Vinegar Water Yeast, Baker’s, dry	Cheese straws Popcorn, popped Sandwiches and burgers, ready-to eat Tortilla chips		Breaded fried onion rings, frozen Corn dogs, frozen Fish and chips, frozen Fried chicken dinners, frozen Pies (meat, chicken/ turkey), frozen
Alcohol			Liquor Wine Beer Home brew

Last Updated: 2005-02-07

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