The pie charts compare the proportion of three potentially unhealthy ingredients, contained in typical meals in the USA, which may be unhealthy to consume in large quantities.
Overall, dinner has the highest levels of saturated fat and sodium, while snacks comprise the largest proportion of added sugar. In addition, breakfast and lunch are responsible for moderate amounts of each nutrient.
In dinner, with 43%, sodium is the unhealthy ingredient with the highest content, which is 6% higher than proportion of saturated fat. Meanwhile, this meal has a relatively low amount of added sugar, at 23%. In addition, the partial inverse of dinner is reflected in snacks, the proportion of added sugar is so high, at 42% which is twice as high as that of saturated fat. With 14%, sodium is the lowest ingredient.
On the other hand, lunch consists of moderate amounts of each nutrient. It contains 29% and 26% of saturated fat and salt, respectively, but only 19% of added sugar. Meanwhile, breakfast is the most healthy which absorbs about 15% of each nutrient, which is about an equal amount.