The presented pie charts compare average proportion of sodium, saturated fats and added sugars at snacks, breakfast, lunch, and dinner consumed by people residing in the USA
Overall, sodium and saturated fats are mostly consumed in dinner, while added sugars are the most preferred in snacks.
In details, sodium has the predominant percentage in dinner, accounting for 43%. It is followed by lunch meal, making up 29%. Surprisingly, people consume the same proportion of sodium in snacks and breakfast, at 14%. Similarly, saturated fats are the most notable contributor for dinner meals, with 37%. When comes to lunch and snacks, these shares decrease to 26% and 21%, respectively. Breakfast also is the meal that saturated fat is the least consumed.
In contrast, added sugars are preferred the most in snacks, at 42%. For dinner, this percentage retreated almost by half, accounting for 23%. Moreover, add sugar has 19% in lunch. Finally, add sugar is consumed the same percentage as saturated fat at breakfast.