Table 2.

Percent contribution to total daily intake of nitrate and nitrite for participants in the SWHS

Foods contributing to median nitrate intake	%	Foods contributing to median nitrite intake	%
Greens/Chinese Greens	42.7	Watermelon	15.2
Watermelon	12.5	Fresh bean curd	9.7
Baby soy beans, fresh peas, fresh broad beans	4.2	Salted vegetables, preserved vegetables	9.1
Winter melon	4.1	Winter melon	7.8
Chinese cabbage/bok choi cabbage	3.4	Noodles, steamed bread, and other wheat foodstuffs	6.0
Cucumber, luffa	3.2	Apples	5.9
Snow peas	3.1	Rice	5.1
Green cabbage	3.0	Vegetarian meat (other bean curd, fried, etc.)	5.0
Celery	2.7	Pears	3.7
Yard long bean	2.2	Desserts	3.4