AHEI index, HEI index

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22513989/ is article introducing AHEI-2010.
11 items (with best amounts):
-- vegetables: 600g (tomatoes are counted as vegetables for this purpose)
-- Fruits: 4 medium-sized fruits
-- whole-grain cereals: 90g (70g for women)
-- sweetened beverages or juices: zero (for 200g/day all points are removed)
-- nuts and legumes: 28g
-- red/processed meat: zero (for 150g/day of red or 60g/day of processed, all points are removed)
-- trans fats: <0.5% energy (for 4% all points are removed)
-- n-3 EPA + DHA: 250mg/day
-- PUFAs: >10% energy (for <2% all points are removed)
-- salt: lower decile (scores by decile, the lower the decile, the higher the score)
-- alcohol: 50-200g of wine per day on average for men (only 2.5 points/10 for not consuming, and for 300g of wine/day all points are taken off)
Total maximum 110 points.

AHEI also has older version, see 2002y article https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12450892/
It had just 9 items, with maximum 87.5 points (7.5 points was given for multivitamin usage).

As for HEI, it has official website: https://www.fns.usda.gov/healthy-eating-index-hei
https://www.fns.usda.gov/how-hei-scored

AHEI and HEI are overall good and show good correlations with all-cause mortality in scientific papers, though arguably Summary of dietary guidelines of different countries is better to use.