Healthy food: Yale’s Overall Nutritional Quality Index

What is healthy and what is not? To get a clearer and easier overview, scientists at Yale University have developed an index with which consumers can quickly see how healthy or unhealthy a certain food is.

The Overall Nutritional Quality Index (ONQI) contains dozens of foods who got a rating between 1 and 100. Healthy products contain a lot of fiber, vitamins, iron, calcium, omega 3 fatty acids and carotene.

Most of the list can be found below.

Broccoli 100

Blueberries 100

Okra 100

Orange 100

Green beans 100

Pineapple 99

Radish 99

Summer squash 98

Apple 96

Green cabbage 96

Tomato 96

Clementine 94

Watermelon 94

Mango 93

Red onions 93

Fresh figs 91

Grapes 91

Banana 91

Milk (skimmed) 91

Avocado 89

Oatmeal 88

Atlantic salmon fillet 87

Atlantic halibut fillet 82

Catfish fillet 82

Cod fillet 82

Tilapia fillet 82

Oysters 81

Swordfish steak 81

Prawns 75

Shrimp 75

Clams 71

Monkfish fillet 64

Milk (whole) 52

Scallops 51

Turbot fillet 51

Pasta 50

Turkey breast (skinless) 48

Tinned peas 49

Prunes 45

Chicken breast (boneless) 39

Orange juice 39

Lobster 36

Pork tenderloin 35

Flank steak (Beef) 34

Turkey breast 31

Veal chop 31

Veal leg cutlet 31

Beef tenderloin 30

Chicken drumstick 30

Pork chop (boneless centre cut) 28

Chicken wings 28

Lamb chops (loin) 28

Leg of lamb 28

Ham (whole) 27

Raisins 26

Green olives 24

Bagel 23

Peanut butter 23

Condensed cream of broccoli soup 21

Salted, dry-roasted peanuts 21

Fried egg 18

Swiss cheese 17

Diet fizzy drinks 15

Non-streaky bacon 13

Pretzel sticks 11

Dark chocolate 10

White bread 9

Salami 7

Hot dog 5

Cheese puffs 4

Milk chocolate 3

Apple pie 2

Crackers 2

Fizzy drinks 1

Popsicle 1

Popularity: 18% [?]

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