Background
Overall goal and objectives
Methods/design
Countries to be included
Companies and products to be included
Data sources
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· Fast food companies - if possible countries will be encouraged to obtain nutritional information directly from fast food companies to ensure the data are as up to date as possible
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· Websites – most trans-national fast food companies provide nutritional information for their products on the company website
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· Direct chemical analysis – in countries where nutrient information is not available for fast food products, and where resource is available, data may be obtained through direct chemical analysis of the products. It is likely that in this situation resources will limit the number of fast food chains and products that can be targeted. If analyzed data are used this may also be used in quality control of data from other sources
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· Pamphlets/tray liners/other packaging information collected in-store – in some countries information on nutrient content may be available on materials available in-store such as tray liners and pamphlets, as well as the product packaging.
Nutrient data to be collected
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· Nutrient information for all products from all selected fast food chains– If adequate resources are available this is the preferred option. Major fast food outlets in each country will be identified, a full listing of all foods for sale recorded and the primary variables sought for each product. Where nutrient information is not available, information on the company name and product name will still be recorded.
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· Focus on data for selected fast food chains – Where resources are limited initial efforts may be restricted to specific fast food chains. For example, information may be more readily available from large multinational fast food chains than local chains. Collaborators will be encouraged to collect information from as many major chains as possible, in line with the company inclusion criteria.
Primary | Format |
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Country | country where data are collected |
Fast food category | refer to Table 2
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Fast food sub-category (major) | refer to Table 2
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Company name | as per data source |
Product name | as per data source |
Serving size | grams or millilitres |
Energy | kilojoules or kilocalories / 100 grams or 100 millilitres |
Saturated fat | grams / 100 grams or 100 millilitres |
Total sugars | grams / 100 grams or 100 millilitres |
Sodium* | milligrams / 100 grams or 100 millilitres |
Data source | NIP, MANUF, WEB, DATAB, OTHER |
Date of data collection | date (dd/mm/yyyy) |
Secondary
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Total fat | grams / 100 grams or 100 millilitres |
Trans fat | grams / 100 grams or 100 millilitres |
Monounsaturated fat | grams / 100 grams or 100 millilitres |
Polyunsaturated fat | grams / 100 grams or 100 millilitres |
Protein | grams / 100 grams or 100 millilitres |
Carbohydrate | grams / 100 grams or 100 millilitres |
Dietary fibre | grams / 100 grams or 100 millilitres |
Sub-category (minor) | as defined for each country |
Ingredients list | Listing of ingredients |
Price | cost of product per item |
Promoted as healthy option | Yes/No – promoted by food manufacturer as small portion, lite option, or healthier option |
Notes | as deemed important by each collaborating country |
Categorization of fast foods
Fast food category | Food sub-category (major) | Food sub-category (minor) | Description |
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Asian | Thai | Thai take-away meals and products | |
Chinese | Chinese take-away meals and products | ||
Indian | Indian take-away meals and products | ||
Sushi and rice-paper rolls | All sushi and rice-paper rolls | ||
Other | Other Asian take-away products and meals not in above categories | ||
Beverages | Juice | Fruit and vegetable juices, pure fruit smoothies | |
Milkshakes/ smoothies | Milkshakes, thickshakes, milk-based smoothies and other milk-based drinks | ||
Water | Plain and flavoured waters | ||
Soft drink | Sugar-sweetened | Sugar-sweetened soft drinks | |
Sugar free | Artificially-sweetened soft drinks | ||
Tea/coffee/hot chocolate | Tea, coffee, hot chocolate, and iced variations | ||
Other | Other take-away beverages | ||
Breakfast | Savoury | Breakfast rolls/wraps/sandwiches, hot breakfasts, hash brown | |
Sweet | Pancakes/hotcakes | ||
Other | Plain English muffins, bagels, yoghurt, cereal | ||
Burgers | Beef burgers | All beef-based burger products (excluding sandwiches) | |
Fish burgers | All fish-based burger products (excluding sandwiches) | ||
Chicken burgers | All chicken-based burger products (excluding sandwiches) | ||
Vegetarian burgers | All vegetarian burger products (excluding sandwiches) | ||
Chicken | Fried/grilled/roasted chicken, nuggets, hot wings | ||
Dessert | Dessert products | ||
Dressings/ condiments | Sweet | Dessert sauces, sweet spreads | |
Savoury | Salad dressing, croutons, savoury sauces and spreads, gravy | ||
Other | Ribs, boxed meals etc. | ||
Pasta | Pasta dishes | ||
Pizza | Meat-based toppings | Take-away pizza products with meat-based toppings | |
Seafood toppings | Take-away pizza products with seafood-based toppings | ||
Vegetarian toppings | Take-away pizza products with vegetable-based toppings | ||
Salads | Garden/plain salads | Garden salads or other plain salads | |
Salads with meat | Salad products with beef, chicken, lamb or fish | ||
Sandwiches | Beef-based sandwiches | Beef-based sandwiches, wraps etc. (excludes burger-bun products) | |
Chicken-based sandwiches | Chicken-based sandwiches, wraps etc. (excludes burger-bun products) | ||
Fish-based sandwiches | Fish-based sandwiches, wraps etc. (excludes burger-bun products) | ||
Vegetarian sandwiches | Vegetarian sandwiches, wraps etc. (excludes burger-bun products) | ||
Other sandwich products | All other sandwich products | ||
Seafood | All seafood products | ||
Sides | Fries | Salted and unsalted fries | |
Other | All sides (excluding fries) such as onion rings, vegetables, garlic bread etc. | ||
Soup | Soup products | ||
Cakes, muffins and pastry | Cakes | Sweet cake products including sweet muffins | |
Muffins | Savoury muffins | ||
Sweet pastry-based products | Pastry-based products such as danishes, tarts etc. | ||
Savoury pastry-based products | Savoury-based products such as empanadas, pies etc. | ||
Other cereal-based products | Tacos | Tacos and other wheat/maize-based products | |
Kebabs | Kebab products |