Table 5. Sources of proanthocyanidins (in mg/d of proanthocyanidins with a degree of polymerisation of two or more; mean ± SEM) of adults (18 to 64 years) in the European Union by country and region.
| Total intake Grains and grain-based products | Vegetables and vegetable products (including fungi) | Legumes, nuts and oilseeds | Fruit and fruit products | Milk and dairy products | Sugar and confectionary | Fruit and vegetable juices | Non-alcoholic beverages (excepting milk based beverages) | Alcoholic beverages | Herbs, spices and condiments | Composite food (including frozen products) | Snacks, desserts, and other foods | |||||||||||||
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| Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | |
| Denmark | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Finland | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sweden | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Northern Region | 9 ± 6 | 5 ± 4 | 6 ± 4 | 0 ± 0 | 3 ± 1 | 0 ± 0 | 61 ± 7 | 13 ± 7 | 3 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 8 ± 1 | 1 ± 1 | 3 ± 1 | 1 ± 0 | 6 ± 1 | 0 ± 0 | 9 ± 4 | 3 ± 3 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 2 ± 2 | 1 ± 1 | 1 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 |
| Belgium | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 11 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Germany | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hungary | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 86 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ireland | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Latvia | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Central Region | 11 ± 1 | 5 ± 1 | 7 ± 2 | 0 ± 0 | 6 ± 1 | 1 ± 1 | 56 ± 8 | 10 ± 6 | 2 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 8 ± 1 | 2 ± 1 | 2 ± 1 | 0 ± 0 | 11 ± 3 | 7 ± 3 | 6 ± 1 | 0 ± 0 | 3 ± 1 | 1 ± 1 | 2 ± 1 | 0 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 |
| France | 14 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 70 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Italy | 8 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Spain | 11 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 85 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Southern Region | 11 ± 2 | 6 ± 2 | 27 ± 13 | 0 ± 0 | 7 ± 2 | 0 ± 0 | 80 ± 5 | 20 ± 8 | 1 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 4 ± 1 | 0 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 2 ± 2 | 0 ± 0 | 9 ± 2 | 1 ± 1 | 16 ± 12 | 1 ± 1 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 2 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 |
| Europe | 10 ± 1 | 5 ± 1 | 11 ± 4 | 0 ± 0 | 5 ± 1 | 0 ± 0 | 62 ± 5 | 13 ± 4 | 2 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 7 ± 1 | 1 ± 1 | 2 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 8 ± 2 | 4 ± 2 | 7 ± 1 | 1 ± 1 | 5 ± 3 | 1 ± 1 | 1 ± 1 | 0 ± 0 | 1 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 |
Starchy roots and tubers, meat, meat products, fish and other sea-foods did not contribute to total flavonoid intake and were omitted.