PEREZGONZALEZ Jose D (2012). Nutritional balance of potato crisps (descriptive statistics). Journal of Knowledge Advancement & Integration (ISSN 1177-4576), 2012, pages 316-319. [Printer friendly]
Potato crisps' BNI (description)
Perezgonzalez assessed the nutritional balance of potato crisps3 in 20122, as part of a research on the nutritional composition of snacks in New Zealand. This article provides descriptive information both about the sample of products under research (foodBNI) as well as about a hypothetical diet based on those products (dietBNI).
foodBNI
The distribution of nutritional balance, as shown in illustration 1, clustered into two groups, namely due to the small number of products under research. The median was located at BNI 67.85 and the middle 68% of products ranged between BNI 33 (P16) and BNI 78 (P84). There was a slight negative skewness (mean=61.02, zSkew=-1.29) as most of the products were grouped towards the unbalanced end.
The distribution of nutritional balance varied slightly according to the recommended dietary intakes (RDIs) of reference, although all followed a pattern similar to the one just described. Even so, this group of products appeared less unbalanced under US's, Australia's and UK's RDIs than under WHO's RDIs.
Illustration 1: Food's nutritional balance distribution | |||||||||
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International RDIs | |||||||||
Scale | BNI | WHO | US/CAN | AUS/NZ | UK | ||||
=0 | |||||||||
>0 | |||||||||
≥10 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
≥20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
≥30 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
≥40 | 3 | ||||||||
≥50 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |||||
≥60 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
≥70 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
≥80 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
≥90 | |||||||||
≥100 | |||||||||
≥110 | |||||||||
≥120 | |||||||||
≥130 | |||||||||
≥140 | |||||||||
≥150 | |||||||||
≥160 | |||||||||
≥170 | |||||||||
≥180 | |||||||||
≥190 | |||||||||
≥200 | |||||||||
Median | 67.85 | 63.09 | 56.07 | 57.10 | 48.00 | ||||
SPR | 22.57 | 27.81 | 22.14 | 17.42 | 18.58 | ||||
P16 | 32.65 | 19.84 | 19.84 | 30.29 | 22.61 | ||||
P84 | 77.78 | 75.46 | 64.12 | 65.12 | 59.76 | ||||
RSkew | -12.64 | -15.44 | -14.09 | -9.40 | -6.82 | ||||
Mean | 61.02 | 53.58 | 47.96 | 52.90 | 45.81 | ||||
StDev | 20.06 | 24.13 | 19.66 | 16.14 | 15.16 | ||||
zSkew | -1.29 | -1.02 | -1.40 | -1.41 | -1.07 | ||||
zKurt | -0.35 | -0.71 | -0.36 | -0.22 | -0.72 | ||||
Unstandardised | small | medium | large | ( Avg.StDev ) | |||||
effect size4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ( 19 ) |
Relationships between indexes were also high, especially Pearson correlation coefficients, thus supporting the idea of a common pattern in the distribution of nutritional balance across international indexes for this particular group of products.
Illustration 2: Correlations (Pearson and Spearman) | |||||
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r / rho | BNI | WHO | US/CAN | AUS/NZ | UK |
BNI | 0.918 | 0.925 | 0.897 | 0.861 | |
WHO | 0.978 | 0.989 | 0.724 | 0.670 | |
US/CAN | 0.996 | 0.987 | 0.735 | 0.680 | |
AUS/NZ | 0.988 | 0.937 | 0.978 | 0.991 | |
UK | 0.964 | 0.901 | 0.947 | 0.986 |
dietBNI
As part of a hypothetical diet where all products contributed the same weight of crisps, the resulting nutritional unbalance would decrease sensibly. Such diet would "benefit" more under BNI's and WHO's RDIs (17 units on the scale) than under the other RDIs (around 12 units on the scale).
Illustration 3: Diet's nutritional balance | |||||||||
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Protein | Carbs | Sugar | Fat | Sat.fat | Fiber | Sodium | |||
3.9 | 63.4 | 2.7 | 21.9 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 0.622 | |||
International RDIs | BNI | WHO | US/CAN | AUS/NZ | UK | ||||
(diet) | 44.98 | 42.85 | 31.43 | 40.66 | 32.58 | ||||
(Values per 100g) |
Author
Jose D PEREZGONZALEZ (2012). Massey University, Turitea Campus, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand. (JDPerezgonzalez).
Want to know more?
- BNI analysis of individual potato crisp products
- You can access either the BNI™ database or the 'BNI™ journal (2012, issue 7) - Crispy crisps' for individual nutrition analyses of each food product in the sample.
- Wiki of Science - Nutritional balance of potato crisps (introduction)
- This Wiki of Science page provides a descriptive summary of the nutritional balance of potato crisps.
- Wiki of Science - Nutritional balance of foods
- This Wiki of Science page collates information about several foods on a single page and provides useful links to the appropriate files.
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