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Table 1 Foods not classified as home-prepared

From: Home-prepared food, dietary quality and socio-demographic factors: a cross-sectional analysis of the UK National Diet and nutrition survey 2008–16

Foods prepared and eaten outside the home (e.g. food eaten in a restaurant or café)

Foods prepared outside the home and eaten in the home (e.g. takeaway and delivery foods)

Foods eaten as purchased (e.g. crisps, sweets, granola bars, juice and soft drinks, store-bought sandwiches, prepared and whole pieces of fruit)

Foods requiring the application of heat or the addition of hot water but no other preparation (e.g. frozen and refrigerated ready meals, tinned soup, instant noodles, instant oats)