The three pie charts give information about the proportion of sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar in the typical meals of UK adults. Excessive consumption of any those components is considered detrimental to human health.
Overall, the first two meals of the day appear to be balanced and healthy. The majority of added sugar comes from snacks, whereas the highest amount of sodium and saturated fat is in dinner.
A typical breakfast is the highest meal of day, which contains between 14 to 16 per cent of each nutrient. For lunch, people consume between 19 to 29 per cent of the nutrients, with added sugar being the lowest and sodium the highest.
On the other hand, dinner and snakes appear to be less balanced. Out of all meals, dinner contains the largest proportion of sodium and saturated fat (43 and 37 per cent of daily intake, respectively). However, when snacking, people eat the most added sugar (45 per cent), as well as slightly more sodium and saturated fat than for breakfast.
