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Table 1 Foods included in FFQ for Morocco

From: Adaptation and validation of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to assess dietary intake in Moroccan adults

Name

1-Bread

 Any type of bread

 Bread, whole meal, average (Durum Wheat)

 Bread, white, French stick

 Bread of zouane (Rye)

 Mllaoui/rghaif/mssemen/batbout/matlouaa

 Bread of smida/harcha (Semolina)

 Homemade bread

 Other type of bread (barley)

2-Breakfast with grains

 Any type of grains

 Assida/Smida

 Dchicha/belboula

 Porridge (herbel), mflak

 All-Bran

 Corn Flakes

3-Couscous

 Barley Couscous, cooked with meat, vegetables and dried grape

 Barley Couscous, cooked with sugar and cinnamon

 Wheat Couscous, cooked with meat, vegetables and dried grape

 Wheat Couscous, cooked with sugar and cinnamon

 Corn Couscous, cooked with meat, vegetables and dried grape

 Corn Couscous, cooked with sugar and cinnamon

4-Pasta

 Any type of Pasta

 Pasta white boiled (Spaghetti, Macaroni)

 Pasta, whole meal, boiled

 Pasta with meat vegetables and cheese

 Chaaria Mhammsa

5-Cake

 Any type of cake, cherry

 Madeleine cake

 Cake with date

 Croissants

 Moroccan swetees

 Basboussa Maqrout

 Aassida

 Doughnuts, ring

 Rice pudding, canned

 Pancake roll

 Cake, coconut

 Sellou Zammita

 Chabbakia Mkharrka

6-Rice

 Any type of rice, brown, boiled

 Rice, white, easy cook, boiled

 Rice, brown, boiled

 Noodles, rice, dried

7-Sugar

 Sugar, white

 Jam, fruit spread

 Honey

 Syrup, golden

8-Sweets without chocolate

 Chew sweets

 Fudge

 Toffees

 Cereal chewy bar

 Polo skimo glace

9-Chocolate

 Any type of chocolate

 Chocolate covered bar with fruit/nut/bix

 Natural white and black chocolate

10-Vegetable oil

 Oil, vegetable, blended, average

 Oil, safflower

 Oil, olive

 Oil, Argan

 Oil, corn

11-Margarine and vegetable fat

 Any margarine and vegetable fat, (except soya fat)

 Light margarine or less fat (30% fat)

 Margarine (from 40 to 60% fat)

 Normal margarine (more than 70% fat)

 Mixed fat (except soya)

 Original fat of soya (any type)

12-Butter and animals fat

 Any animal fat (butter)

 Butter with less fat (40% less fat)

 Butter with less fat (from 40 to 60% fat)

 Smen (traditional butter)

13-Nuts

 Any type of dried Fruit

 Peanuts, plain

 Cashew nuts, roasted & salted

 Almonds toasted

 Walnuts

 Pistachio nuts, roasted & salted

 Chestnuts

 Oak nut

14-Legumes

 Any legumes

 white beans, boiled

 Lentils, red, split, boiled

 Chick peas, whole, dried, boiled unsal

 Green beans/French beans, raw

 Broad beans, frozen, boiled in unsalted

 Soya beans, dried, boiled

 Peas, raw

15-Vegetables (mean dish)

 Any vegetables except potatoes

 Lettuce, average, raw

 Spinach, raw

 Fenugreek seeds

 Rejla; Bakkoula

 Mloukhia (jews Mallow)

 Tomatoes, raw

 Aubergine, raw (Eggplant)

 Courgette, raw (squash)

 Peppers, red, raw, yellow

 Cucumber, raw

 Carrots, raw

 Parsnip, raw

 Swede, raw

 Artichoke globe, raw

 Radish, white, mooli, raw

 Beetroot, raw

 Chilli peppers, green, raw

 Sweet corn Kernels, raw

 Asparagus, raw

 Aromatic herbs (Mint basilica, parsley basil coriander)

 Leeks, raw

 Mushrooms, black, white

 Onions, raw

 Garlic, raw

 Cauliflower, raw

 Pumpkin red

 Brussels sprouts, raw

 Broccoli, green, raw

 Cabbage white, red, green

 Tomatoes stuffed with vegetables

 Pickle, mixed veg

 Ginger, root

16-Potatoes (mean dish)

 Any type of potatoes

 Potatoes, old mashed with hard marg

 Potatoes, old, baked, flesh & skin

 Chips, homemade, fried in blended oil

 Salad, potato with French dressing

 Potato cakes fried in veg oil

 Tortillas

 Sweet potato

17-Fruits (one unit)

 Any type of fruits

 Apples

 Pears

 Bananas

 Peaches

 Avocado

 Cherries

 Lemon pickles

 Mulberries, raw, Blackcurrants, Raspberries

 Watermelon

 Grapes

 Mangoes

 Apricots

 Nectarines

 Plums

 Dried mixed fruit

 Pineapple

 Kiwi Fruit

 Juice, lemon

 Oranges

 Mandarine

 Grapefruit

 Fruit cocktail, conserved in syrup

 Figs, raw, dried

 Black or green olives

 Raisins

 Dates, dried with stones

18-Juice

 Orange juice (concentrate)

 Pomegranate juice (pomegranate, raw)

 Any other type of juice

19-Non-alcoholic beverages

 Lemonade

 Beet juice

 Mineral water

20-Coffee/Tea

 Tea, infusion

 Coffee, instant, made up

 Zizwa (coffee, liquid)

 Tea, Chinese, leaves, infusion

 Mint, fresh

 Other herbal infusions

21-Beer

 Any type of beer

22-Wine

 Any type of wine

 Wine, red

 Wine, white, dry

 Wine, rose

23- Other-alcoholic beverages

 Port, sherry, liqueur,

 Spirits 37.5%

24-Red meat

 Any type of red meat (beef, cow, lamb, goat)

 Beef, fillet steak, forerib, lean & fat, roast, steamed, grilled

 Beef in tagine

 Minced meat of beef

 Lamb, grilled, steamed, roasted

 Lamb cooked in tagine, Mrouzia

 Minced meat of lamb

 Goat meat

 Veal, fillet, roast

 Camel meat

 Rabbit, Duck, partridge

 Sausage of beef, lamb, cow, chilled, fried

 kocha or bread filled with meat

 Kabab, chawarma

 Pork

Khliaa/Dried meat

 Khliaa (dried meat with salt and cooked with fat), cow

 Khliaa (dried meat with salt and cooked with fat), sheep

 Qaddid (dried meat with salt), cow, sheep

 Dried pork meat

25-Poultry

 Any type of chicken

 Chicken steamed

 Chicken cooked in tagine

 Chicken grilled and roasted

 Turkey steamed

 Turkey cooked in tagine

 Turkey grilled and roasted

 Sausage and skewer of turkey

Poultry smoked, conserved

 Any poultry smoked, conserved (e.g. mortadella, casheer)

26-Offal (sekat)

 Liver of beef, lamb

 Tongue, heart, kidney, head, brain, of cow or beef or sheep, lamb

27-Fish

 Any fish fresh, smoked, white, fat

 Fresh fat fish (e.g. salamon, tuna, truite, sardine, bouri)

 White fresh fish (e.g. sole, merlan)

 Fresh fish / other sea foods (eggs of fish)

 Seafood shrimp, squid, mussels

Frozen seafood

 Frozen fat fish (e.g. salamon, tuna, truite, sardine, bouri)

 Frozen white fish (e.g. sole, merlan)

 Conserved fat fish (e.g. salamon, tuna, truite, sardine, bouri)

 Fat fish dried or smoked (e.g. salamon, tuna, truite, sardine, bouri)

 White fish dried or smoked (e.g. sole, merlan)

 Conserved seafood shrimp, squid, mussels

28-Eggs

 Farmer eggs

 Farmer egg boiled or sandwich

 Farmer eggs’s meals: Omlet, eggs with tomatos, eggs with pepper and tomatos

 Dessert with Farmer eggs (Cake, egg tart)

 Industrial eggs

 Industrial egg boiled or sandwich

 Industrial egg’s meals: Omlet, eggs with tomatos, eggs with pepper and tomatos

 Dessert with Industrial eggs (Cake, egg tart)

29-Milk of cow/Milk of soya

 Whole milk (milk,cow,whole,3,5%fat)

 Lben (alone or with fruit)

 Skimmed milk (Milk, cow, skimmed, 0,5% fat)

 Semi skimmed milk (Milk, cow, partly skimmed, 1.5% fat)

 Milk free fat

 Raib

 Soya milk

 Saykook

 Yaourt

 Yaourt Activia

 Soya yaourt

30-Cheese

 Any type of cheese

 Hard cheese (e.g. Cheddar, Parmesan)

 Soft cheese (Camembert, Brie, Philadelphia)

 Semi hard Cheese (Gouda, Emmental/Edam)

 Jben (Natural or aromatic)

 Fresh cheese (e.g. Vita, Mozarelle)

 Others: La vache qui rit, Kiri, Coeur du lait, Junior

31-Other dairy products

 Ice cream

 Cream

 Fresh cream

 Double cream

32- Miscellaneous foods

 Soup with vegetables and meat

 Soup with vegetables and grains (e.g. Dchicha, Smida)

 Soup with meat or offal

 Soup with fish

 Tagine with meat or poultry

 Salt brik

 Pizza

 Sorghum

 Chilli sauce

 Ketchup

 Salad sauce

 Mayonnaise

 Mustard