“…The third pattern, labeled ‘Beverages, ready-to-eat and convenience foods’, was composed of soda pop, sauces and spices, pizzas, sandwiches, salty pastries and pies, pasta, alcoholic beverages, red meat, and sweets and candies. It resembled the ‘Western’, ‘Modern’, ‘Convenience’, and ‘Processed foods’ dietary patterns that are composed primarily of foods of low nutritional quality (i.e., energy dense, high-fat, high-salt, high-sugar, and low-fiber) and markers of unhealthy diet identified in national [ 30 , 37 , 39 ] and international [ 43 , 44 ] studies, such as soda pop, sauces and spices, pizzas, sandwiches, salty pastries and pies, pasta, alcoholic beverages, red meat, and sweets and candies. This pattern was more prevalent among food-secure individuals (22.8%) than food-insecure ones (15.3%).…”