Table 3 Descriptive food lists developed to compare BLW and BLISS eating patterns

Foods classified as iron containing foods

  Beef

  Chicken

  Fish

  Ham

  Lamb

  Bacon

  Liver (including pâté)

  Luncheon sausage or other sausage

  Pork

  Salami

  “Saveloys” or “cheerios” (processed meat sausages)

  Iron-fortified infant rice cereal

  Baked beans

  Lentils

  Hummus

  Chickpeas (other than hummus)

Foods classified as high-energy foods

  All foods except most fruit and vegetables, plain rice crackers, or clear soups were classified as high-energy foods.

  Fruits classified as high energy: Avocado and banana

  Vegetables classified as high-energy: Pumpkin, potato and kumara (sweet potato).

Foods classified as high-choking-risk foods

  Raw vegetables (e.g., carrot, celery, salad leaves)

  Raw apple

  Rice crackers, potato crisps, corn chips

  Whole nuts

  Dried fruit (e.g., raisins, cranberries)

  Cherries, grapes, berries, cherry tomatoes

  Peas, corn

  Lollies (i.e., sweets or candy)

  “Saveloys”, hotdogs (processed meat sausages)

  Other hard food (i.e., foods that could not be squashed against the roof of the mouth with the tongue)