Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Consumption frequency of spices among urban and rural households

From: Assessing intake and consumption level of spices among urban and rural households of Ludhiana district of Punjab, India

SPICES	FREQUENCY
	No. of Households	URBAN (n = 100)					No. of Households	RURAL(n = 100)
		Daily	Days/Week		Weekly	Occasio-nally		Daily	Days/Week		Weekly	Occasi-onally	p value
		Daily	Thrice	Twice	Weekly	Occasio-nally		Daily	Thrice	Twice	Weekly	Occasi-onally	p value
Red chilli powder	100	100	0	0	0	0	100	100	0	0	0	0	–
Turmeric powder	100	100	0	0	0	0	100	100	0	0	0	0	–
Cumin seeds	99	78	18	1	1	1	97	56	16	8	13	4	0.003
Green cardamom	94	40	19	9	18	8	91	34	13	20	10	10	0.0593
Asafoetida	94	38	24	11	9	12	91	13	11	21	14	31	< 0.001
Fennel seeds	94	34	11	25	12	12	90	27	12	13	17	20	0.1177
Carom seeds	94	31	30	19	8	6	89	32	21	15	13	10	0.374
Black pepper	93	34	28	12	13	6	88	30	10	6	27	18	0.0002
Coriander seeds	91	19	18	25	18	11	87	15	9	30	15	19	0.179
Black Salt	87	24	18	14	18	13	73	20	10	22	9	5	0.0826
Cinnamon	84	1	19	27	15	22	70	4	2	7	23	27	< 0.0001
Dry mango powder	81	6	15	15	21	24	70	2	6	25	17	23	< 0.0001
Fenugreek seeds	79	3	14	16	24	22	69	0	3	19	21	27	0.0317
Mustard Seeds	75	5	7	16	26	21	66	0	2	14	22	32	0.0347
Pomegranate seeds	74	0	12	14	16	32	63	0	1	10	12	46	0.0049
Cloves	71	0	3	6	29	33	63	0	2	6	22	33	0.876
Black cardamom	70	0	3	6	25	36	52	0	1	4	15	30	0.766
Bay Leaf	66	0	5	15	10	36	50	0	1	6	7	36	0.176
Gooseberry powder	60	2	19	10	5	24	50	0	1	1	10	40	< 0.0001
Saffron	55	0	6	3	20	26	39	0	0	6	5	28	0.003
Nigella seeds	42	0	3	4	16	19	28	0	0	1	1	22	0.002
Nutmeg	37	0	2	4	4	27	25	0	0	1	2	25	0.339
Mace	35	0	5	6	4	20	24	0	0	0	7	18	0.014
Dill	33	0	2	4	7	20	23	0	0	0	1	22	0.028
Star Anise	30	0	0	5	5	20	13	0	0	0	1	12	0.174

Statistical Test performed on 5 categories (Daily, twice a week, thrice a week, weekly and occasionally): T Test, statistically significance difference (p value < 0.05)

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