Table 6 Distribution of levels of spice intake based on portion size consumed among adult women of urban and rural households
Spice | Urban (n = 100) | Rural (n = 100) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of portion sizes | Level of intake (% of portion sizes) | Number of portion sizes | Level of intake (% of portion sizes) | |||||
< 1.0 g | 1.0–3.0 g | > 3.0 g | < 1.0 g | 1.0–3.0 g | > 3.0 g | |||
Red chilli powder | 289 (20.7) | 14.8 | 51.3 | 33.9 | 203 (18.3) | 13.3 | 65.5 | 21.2 |
Turmeric powder | 243 (17.4) | 16.5 | 66.6 | 16.9 | 210 (19.0) | 61.4 | 31.9 | 6.7 |
Cumin seeds | 119 (8.5) | 39.8 | 60.2 | – | 99 (8.9) | 69.7 | 30.3 | – |
Green cardamom | 117 (8.4) | 89.0 | 11.0 | – | 75 (6.8) | 78.7 | 21.3 | – |
Black pepper | 115 (8.2) | 30.8 | 45.8 | 23.4 | 89 (8.0) | 65.2 | 34.8 | – |
Fennel seeds | 81 (5.8) | 26.3 | 70.0 | 3.7 | 62 (5.6) | 74.2 | 25.8 | – |
Clove | 58 (4.2) | 100.0 | – | – | 40 (3.6) | 100.0 | – | – |
Coriander | 57 (4.1) | 83.0 | 17.0 | – | 43 (3.9) | 97.7 | 2.3 | – |
Asafoetida | 54 (3.9) | 81.8 | 18.2 | – | 45 (4.1) | 80.0 | 20.0 | – |
Cinnamon | 54 (3.9) | 100.0 | – | – | 42 (3.8) | 100.0 | – | – |
Black cardamom | 52 (3.7) | 100.0 | – | – | 39 (3.5) | 100.0 | – | – |
Carom seeds | 37 (2.7) | 94.6 | 5.4 | – | 42 (3.8) | 88.1 | 11.9 | – |
Black salt | 29 (2.1) | 44.8 | 55.2 | – | 34 (3.1) | 61.8 | 38.2 | – |
Mustard | 22 (1.6) | 100.0 | – | – | 45 (4.1) | 80.0 | 20.0 | – |
Dry mango powder | 19 (1.4) | 100.0 | – | – | 11 (1.0) | 54.5 | 45.5 | |
Fenugreek | 18 (1.3) | 100.0 | – | – | 16 (1.4) | 100.0 | – | – |
Dry pomegranate | 16 (1.1) | 64.7 | 35.3 | – | 7 (0.6) | 71.4 | 28.6 | – |
Gooseberry powder | 15 (1) | 62.5 | 37.5 | – | 5 (0.5) | 70.0 | 30.0 | – |
Total | 1395 | 1107 | ||||||