Consumption of Intense Sweeteners in Australia and New Zealand
3 Key findings – Screener survey
The screener survey data was analysed to determine the consumption of the twelve selected food groups containing sugar or intense sweetener. The analysis specifically examined the mean daily consumption based on all respondents to the screener survey and the mean, median, 90th and 95th percentile daily consumption for the subset of respondents that actually consumed each of the particular food types (referred to as consumers in this report).
The analysis also examined the percentage that products containing intense sweeteners represented out of the total consumption of each of the selected food groups.
The data was analysed according to the following demographic information:
- country (Australia versus New Zealand);
- gender;
- gender by country;
- age;
- location (city/non-city);
- country of birth;
- ethnic origin;
- education level;
- respondent income;
- respondent occupation;
- diabetes (yes/no);
- impaired glucose tolerance (yes/no);
- weight control diet (yes/no); and
- body mass index (underweight, acceptable, overweight, obese).
Patterns of consumption according to the different demographic sub-groups are reported in the text and in Appendix 5. Consumption for the total Australian and New Zealand population is outlined in this section, along with comparisons where possible with the 1994 survey for Australians aged 12-39 years.
The mean daily consumption according to the above demographic groups is shown in Appendices 6 to 20. Demographic differences have been mentioned in the text where they were determined to be statistically significant at the 95% confidence level, using a one-tailed Z-score test. [ more ... pdf 244 kb ]
Execitive summary | 1 Introduction | 2 Methodology | 3 Key findings - Screener survey | 4 Key findings - Diary survey | 5 Key findings - Diary survey diabetics | 6 Conclusions and recommendations | List of References | Appendixes