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. 2008 Nov 25;7:244. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-244

Table 2.

Average consumption of selected food groups in subSaharan African countries during 2001–2003 [18]

Average intake (g/person/day)
Cereals Fish, seafood Fruit Meat Milk Oilcrops* Pulses Starchy roots Sugars, sweeteners Vegetable oil Vegetables
Burkina Faso 601 6 14 30 56 42 14 16 15 13 47
Burundi 84 5 284 10 13 2 103 632 8 2 93
Cameroon 288 38 213 41 40 19 39 400 28 21 217
Congo, Dem Republic of 102 16 82 13 4 12 10 842 8 15 25
Côte d'Ivoire 331 40 201 31 21 20 1 619 30 37 103
Ethiopia 384 1 28 23 61 2 35 168 12 4 31
Ghana 249 80 319 27 21 35 2 1107 19 16 88
Kenya 337 12 154 40 263 4 42 164 55 20 102
Malawi 403 10 107 14 12 13 34 504 31 9 54
Mali 502 21 8 51 126 5 25 30 30 18 66
Mozambique 289 6 48 15 12 5 26 665 31 19 17
Nigeria 399 20 185 23 20 21 26 593 31 38 167
Sudan 370 5 83 59 410 11 22 13 55 21 135
Uganda 170 20 556 31 67 35 65 561 24 5 55
United Republic of Tanzania 307 19 81 27 70 13 28 518 21 14 76
Zimbabwe 355 4 32 42 54 17 13 43 97 26 30

* Excluding products