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Table 1 Concentrations of Se in various food groups in China and 12 provinces (μg/g)a

From: Dietary selenium intake based on the Chinese Food Pagoda: the influence of dietary patterns on selenium intake

Food Group

HLJ

LN

HeB

ShX

HN

NX

ShH

FJ

JX

HuB

SC

GX

AVG

Cereals

0.004

0.003

0.028

0.062

0.010

0.036

0.013

0.008

0.031

0.003

0.020

0.016

0.020

Beans

0.027

0.022

0.022

0.048

0.023

0.017

0.012

0.020

0.011

0.028

0.043

0.053

0.027

Tubers

0.027

0.024

0.023

0.063

0.015

0.058

0.006

0.011

0.008

0.002

0.017

0.048

0.025

Meat

0.111

0.157

0.121

0.166

0.238

0.173

0.219

0.124

0.210

0.186

0.205

0.276

0.182

Eggs

0.172

0.146

0.338

0.549

0.266

0.120

0.291

0.276

0.164

0.285

0.375

0.249

0.269

Aquatic product

0.135

0.708

0.591

0.366

0.456

0.121

0.462

0.367

0.468

0.231

0.422

0.597

0.410

Dairy product

0.072

0.022

0.022

0.018

0.023

0.038

0.028

0.015

0.155

0.202

0.019

0.048

0.055

Vegetables

0.035

0.012

0.065

0.146

0.110

0.042

0.079

0.079

0.020

0.068

0.041

0.089

0.066

Fruits

0.002

0.002

0.002

0.002

0.022

0.008

0.002

0.002

0.002

0.002

0.002

0.025

0.006

Sugars

0.032

0.002

0.118

0.011

0.002

0.047

0.002

0.023

0.002

0.002

0.002

0.101

0.029

Water

0.002

0.005

0.002

0.002

0.002

0.004

0.002

0.002

0.002

0.002

0.002

0.002

0.002

Alcohol

0.006

0.005

0.002

0.002

0.002

0.002

0.009

0.008

0.002

0.004

0.002

0.008

0.004

  1. Abbreviations: HLJ Heilongjiang, LN Liaoning, HeB Hebei, ShX Shaanxi, NX Ningxia, HN Henan, ShH Shanghai, FJ Fujian, JX Jiangxi, GX Guangxi, HuB Hubei, SC Sichuan, AVG average
  2. aAll the data of Se contents in different food groups were from the 4th China TDS [21]