Nutrient estimation from an FFQ developed for a black Zimbabwean population

Merchant, Anwar T; Dehghan, Mahshid; Chifamba, Jephat; Terera, Getrude; Yusuf, Salim

doi:10.1186/1475-2891-4-37

Table 2 Comparison of nutrient content of some foods calculated from Zimbabwe and USDA food composition tables

From: Nutrient estimation from an FFQ developed for a black Zimbabwean population

Foods	Code	Energy kcal	Protein g	Fat g	CHO g	Ca mg	P mg	Fe mg	K mg	Na mg	Vit† A RE	Vit C mg	B1 mg	B2 mg	B3 mg	B6 mg	B12 mg	Folate mg
Corn flour	Zim_FCT*	356.2	4.5	2.1	84.0	7.0	45.7	1.6	30.5	26.0	0	0	0.01	0	0.10	tr**	0	tr
Corn, white	20314	365	9.42	4.74	74.2	7	210	2.71	287	35	0	0			3.627	0.622	0
Corn flour, whole-grain, white	20316	361	6.93	3.86	76.85	7	272	2.38	315	5	0	0			1.900	0.370	0	25
Cornmeal, whole-grain, white	20320	362	8.12	3.59	76.89	6	241	3.45	287	35	0	0			3.632	0.304	0	25
Shakata (Mobola Plum) this must be a mistake		167.5	1.2 0	0.5	41.9			2.2			158.3	55.7		0.5
Plums, raw	09279	46	0.70	0.28	11.42	6	16	0.17	157	0	17	9.5			0.417	0.029	0	5
Plums, canned, purple, water pack, solids and liquids	09281	41	0.39	0.01	11.03	7	13	0.16	126	1	46	2.7			0.370	0.027	0	3
Plums, canned, purple, light syrup pack, solids and liquids	09283	63	0.37	0.10	16.28	9	13	0.86	93	20	12	0.4			0.297	0.027	0	3
Guavas this also		66	1	0.5	14.6	16.6	26.0	0.9	290	4.0	50.0	221.4	0.05	0.04	1.1		0.0
Guavas, common, raw	09139	68	2.55	0.95	14.32	18	40	0.26	417	2	31	228.3			1.084	0.110	0	49
Chicken raw	Zim_FCT	195.1	19	12.9	0	12	179	1.3	227	68.3	105	0.9	0.8	0.15	7.7	0.3	0.4	5
Chicken raw	5006	215	18.6	15.1	0	11	147	0.9	189	70	41	1.6	0.06	0.12	6.8	0.35	0.3	6
Chicken raw, meat and skin stewing	5123	258	17.6	20.3	1.04	10	172	1.04	204	71	52	0	0.11	0.17	6.26	0.33	0.3	6
Chicken roast, skin and meat	Zim_FCT	216	26.7	8.2	0	12	214	1.5	308	82.4	45	0	0.7	0.23	5.6
Chicken roast, skin and meat	5111	216	17.1	15.9	0	10	166	1.01	196	68	38	0	0.06	0.12	6.57	0.32	0.3	6
Chicken roasted, skin and meat	5055	239	28.2	13.2	0	24	165	1.39	237	96	28	0	0.07	0.22	7.069	0.34	0.3	7
Chicken, cooked, roasted	5069	216	27	11.2	0	12	175	1.33	229	90	30	0	0.07	0.22	5.994	0.34	0.3	8
Spinach (Mova)	Zim_FCT	15.9	1.2	0.2	2.4	33.1	30.3	0.9	228.3	8.9	419.4	11.10	0.07	0.08	0.35	0.06	0	32.80
Malabar, Spinach, cooked	11986	23	2.98	0.78	2.71	124	36	1.48	256	55	58	5.9			0.787	0.086	0	114
New Zealand spinach, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	11277	12	1.30	0.17	2.20	48	22	0.66	102	107	181	16.0			0.390	0.237	0	8

* Zim_FCT = Zimbabwe food composition table
** Tr = trace
† Vit = vitamin

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