Table 7.
Ten major sources of ‘added sugar’ and the percentage (%) contribution of each item in each ethnic-sex group*
| AfAm |
NH |
JpAm |
Latinos-Mexico |
Latinos-US |
Caucasian |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food items | % Contribution | Foods items | % Contribution | Foods items | % Contribution | Foods items | % Contribution | Foods items | % Contribution | Foods items | % Contribution | |
| Men | Regular sodas | 31·8 | Regular sodas | 34·5 | Regular sodas | 28·4 | Regular sodas | 35·2 | Regular sodas | 28·7 | Regular sodas | 25·7 |
| Ice cream | 6·4 | Other fruit juices or drinks | 7·9 | Other fruit juices or drinks | 6·9 | Other fruit juices or drinks | 3·9 | Ice cream | 6·1 | Chocolate candy | 5·8 | |
| Cakes | 4·8 | Ice cream | 5·5 | Chocolate candy | 4·9 | Pancakes or French toast | 3·9 | Cookies or fruit bars | 4·5 | Other fruit juices or drinks | 5·6 | |
| Other fruit juices or drinks | 4·7 | Chocolate candy | 4·4 | Ice cream | 4·9 | Milkshakes or malts | 3·9 | Other fruit juices or drinks | 4·4 | Ice cream | 5·5 | |
| Pancakes or French toast | 4·0 | Pancakes or French toast | 4·2 | Pancakes or French toast | 4·7 | Ice cream | 3·9 | Pancakes or French toast | 4·3 | Cookies or fruit bars | 5·0 | |
| Cookies or fruit bars | 4·0 | Chocolate milk or cocoa | 3·3 | Cookies or fruit bars | 3·3 | Cappuccino | 3·6 | Sweet rolls or coffee cakes | 4·1 | Pancakes or French toast | 4·2 | |
| Chocolate candy | 3·6 | Cookies or fruit bars | 2·7 | Sugar | 3·0 | Cookies or fruit bars | 3·4 | Chocolate candy | 4·1 | Ice milk or frozen yogurt | 3·9 | |
| Ice milk or frozen yogurt | 2·9 | Cakes | 2·3 | Jam or jelly | 2·9 | Sugar | 3·3 | Sugar | 2·9 | Bran or high-fibre cereals | 3·0 | |
| Sweet rolls or coffee cakes | 2·9 | Sweet rolls or coffee cakes | 2·2 | Ice milk or frozen yogurt | 2·7 | Cakes | 3·2 | Cakes | 2·9 | Cakes | 2·8 | |
| Sugar | 2·3 | Sugar | 2·1 | Cakes | 2·6 | Chocolate milk or cocoa | 3·2 | Chocolate milk or cocoa | 2·8 | Chocolate milk or cocoa | 2·6 | |
| Total (%) | 67·4 | 69·1 | 64·3 | 67·5 | 64·8 | 64·1 | ||||||
| Women | Regular sodas | 29·3 | Regular sodas | 30·2 | Regular sodas | 17·5 | Regular sodas | 24·6 | Regular sodas | 25·1 | Regular sodas | 17·2 |
| Other fruit juices or drinks | 6·4 | Other fruit juices or drinks | 9·1 | Other fruit juices or drinks | 9·0 | Other fruit juices or drinks | 6·3 | Other fruit juices or drinks | 6·1 | Chocolate candy | 7·5 | |
| Ice cream | 5·1 | Chocolate candy | 5·3 | Chocolate candy | 6·9 | Cappuccino | 4·7 | Ice cream | 4·8 | Other fruit juices or drinks | 6·5 | |
| Cakes | 4·5 | Ice cream | 4·2 | Pancakes or French toast | 4·5 | Milkshakes or malts | 4·1 | Chocolate candy | 4·5 | Cookies or fruit bars | 5·2 | |
| Chocolate candy | 4·5 | Pancakes or French toast | 4·0 | Ice cream | 3·9 | Pancakes or French toast | 3·9 | Cookies or fruit bars | 4·2 | Ice milk or frozen yogurt | 5·0 | |
| Ice milk or frozen yogurt | 3·8 | Chocolate milk or cocoa | 3·4 | Cookies or fruit bars | 3·8 | Sugar | 3·8 | Pancakes or French toast | 3·9 | Ice cream | 4·4 | |
| Cookies or fruit bars | 3·3 | Ice milk or frozen yogurt | 2·8 | Jam or jelly | 3·7 | Ice cream | 3·4 | Sweet rolls or coffee cakes | 3·7 | Yogurt | 4·1 | |
| Pancakes or French toast | 3·0 | Cookies or fruit bars | 2·6 | Ice milk or frozen yogurt | 3·3 | Cookies or fruit bars | 3·4 | Ice milk or frozen yogurt | 3·3 | Pancakes or French toast | 3·8 | |
| Bran or high-fibre cereals | 2·4 | Cakes | 2·3 | Cakes | 3·1 | Chocolate milk or cocoa | 3·1 | Chocolate milk or cocoa | 3·0 | Bran or high-fibre cereals | 3·2 | |
| Chocolate milk or cocoa | 2·3 | Sweet rolls or coffee cakes | 2·2 | Bran or high-fibre cereals | 2·6 | Cakes | 3·1 | Cakes | 2·8 | Chocolate milk or cocoa | 3·0 | |
| Total (%) | 64·6 | 66·1 | 58·3 | 60·4 | 61·4 | 59·9 | ||||||
AfAm, African-American; NH, Native Hawaiian; JpAm, Japanese-American.
*
Participants in the Multiethnic Cohort Study in Hawaii and Los Angeles.