Table 3 Food items were placed in food groups based on similarity
| Â | Foods or food groups | Food items |
|---|---|---|
1 | Whole grains | Baked barley, diet bread, wheat crumbs and corn |
2 | Refined grains | Lavash bread, Sangak bread, Barbary bread, baguette bread, rice, pasta, rice flour bread, local bread and potatoes |
3 | Meat | Red meat, tongue, heart, liver, kidney, brain and sheep’s head and trotters, hamburgers and pizza, Sausages, kebabs, |
4 | White meat | Chicken, eggs, fish and tuna |
5 | Green vegetables | Lettuce, cucumber, vegetables, cooked vegetables, celery, artichoke, bell peppers, green peas, green beans, squash, green peppers, dried vegetables, okra and malvaceae |
6 | Tomato | Tomato and tomato paste |
7 | Garlic and onion | garlic and onion |
8 | Other vegetables | Cabbage, eggplant, beets, carrots and mushrooms |
9 | Fruits | Cantaloupe, warmth, melon, watermelon, apricot, cherry, sour cherry, peach, nectarine, green tomato, berry, strawberry, plum, fig, grape, apple, kiwi, citrus, pomegranate, banana, persimmon, date, raisin, Dried fruit and natural juice |
10 | Nuts | Walnuts, Peanuts,, Seed Nuts and Other Nuts |
11 | Solid oil | Butter, margarine, solid oil, cream and top milk |
12 | Liquid oil | Liquid oil, ground sesame and mayonnaise |
13 | Olive oil | olive oil and olives |
14 | Dairy | Milk, yogurt, cheese, yogurt drink (doogh), curd, flavored milk and Ice cream |
15 | Sweets | Sugar, candy, honey, jam, sugar, date juice, chocolate, halva, beer, soft drinks, industrial juices and compote |
16 | Beans | Bean, pea, Lentils, mung bean, soy, broad bean, split beans |
17 | Dessert | Cookies, cream cookies, biscuits |
18 | Chips and and cheetos puff | Chips and and cheetos puff |
19 | Condiments | Pickles, other pastes |