CEREALS AND CEREAL PRODUCTS

The Cereals and Cereal Products food group includes grains, flours, bread and bread rolls, breakfast cereals, plain pasta, noodles and rice.






Around nine in ten (87%) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reported eating foods from the Cereals and cereal products group (see Table 4.1).

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote areas were more likely than those in non-remote areas to have consumed foods from the Cereals and cereal products group (91% compared with 86%). This food group provided 17% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's daily energy, on average, with the majority coming from Regular breads and bread rolls (9.6%) (see Table 8.1.)

BREAD

Within the Cereal and cereal products group, Regular breads and bread rolls (plain/unfilled/untopped varieties) were the products most commonly consumed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (70%), a higher proportion than in the non-Indigenous population (66%) (see Table 4.1 and Table 4.3). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people also derived more of their daily energy intake from this food group than did non-Indigenous people (9.6% compared with 7.7%) (see Table 8.1 and Table 8.3).

Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers of Regular breads and bread rolls, the median amount consumed on a day was 76 grams (2 average slices of bread is 66 grams) (see Table 6.1).

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote areas were more likely than those in non-remote areas to have consumed Regular breads and bread rolls (74% compared with 69%).



BREAKFAST CEREALS

Breakfast cereals, ready to eat, were consumed by 34% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, similar to the rate in the non-Indigenous population.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 2-3 years were the most prevalent consumers of Breakfast cereals, ready to eat (73%), followed by 4-8 year olds (62%) (see Table 4.1 and Table 4.3). Male consumers ate a median daily amount of 40 grams of Breakfast cereals, ready to eat, while females ate a median amount of 34 grams which is equivalent to around one metric cup (35 grams) of breakfast cereal flakes (see Table 6.1).