Table 6.
Seasons of most frequent consumption of snack foods and individual fruits, vegetables and bush foods eaten in Chilla 1,2,3.
| Food Latin name | Months of most frequent consumption | Number reporting consumption | SP when NOT available | Thiamin content (mg/100 g) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetables | |||||
| Aubergine Solanum melongena | September/October | 13 | 0 * | 0.05 | |
| Bitter tomato Solanum incanum | March/April | 9 | 0 | 0.11 ** | |
| Cabbage Brassica oleracea | March/April | 4 | 4, 5, 6 | 0.03–0.06 | |
| Cassava Manihot utilissima | September/October | 5 | 0 | 0.005 [16] | |
| Maize Zea mays | September/October | 6 | 2, 3, 6 | 0.20 | |
| Pumpkin Curcubita spp. | November/December | 5 | 3, 4 | 0.04 | |
| Sweet potato Ipomoea batatas | March to June & November/December | >1 | 5 | 0.08 | |
| Fruits | |||||
| Baobab fruit Adansonia digitata | March/April | 1 | 5, 6 | NA | |
| Banana Musa spp. | March/April | 4 | 0 | 0.04 | |
| Guava Ugni molinae | July to December | 1 | 2, 3 | 0.04 | |
| Mango Mangifera indica | May/June | 12 | 6 | 0.03 | |
| Orange Citrus sinensis | March to June September to December | 2 | 4 | 0.10 | |
| >1 | |||||
| Papaya Carica papaya | March/April | 3 | 4 | 0.02 | |
| Custard apple Annona seneaglaensis | September/October | >1 | 2, 3, 4, 6 | NA | |
| Water melon Passiflora laurifolia | November/December | 3 | 2, 3, 4, 5 | 0.02 | |
| Bush Foods | |||||
| Bush mango Irvingia gabonensis | Cooked | May/June | 11 | 2, 5 6 | NA |
| Raw | July/August | 4 | 2, 5 6 | 0.04 ** | |
| Wild dates Phoenix reclinata | May/June | >1 | 2, 4, 5, 6, | 0 ** | |
| Locust bean pod powder Ceratonia siliqua | May/June | 5 | 2, 5, 6 | 0.4 ** (fresh) | |
| Wild kola nut Cola acuminata | July/August | 1 | 2, 3, 5, 6 | 0 ** | |
| Common snack food | % reporting consumption | Less frequently available | |||
| Groundnuts (dried, boiled and roasted) Arachis hypogaea | March–June, November & December | >90% | 5 < 4 | 0.23–0.9 | |
1 Data were collected from adults aged 15–49 years living in the two study compounds and represent mean number of times a food was consumed over a four week period; * a zero indicates a food was always available;
2 The numbers of adults interviewed in the study periods (SP) were 31 in SP2 (March April), 27 in SP3 (May June), 28 in SP4 (July August), 26 in SP5 (September October) and 29 in SP6 (November December);
3 Values for thiamin content taken from [12], except ** which were samples collected in Chilla and analysed by AEC. NA is not available.