Table 2.
Concentration of phytate and phytate:zinc, phytate:iron, calcium:phytate and [Ca] [phytate]:[Zn] molar ratios of the popular Ghanaian foods
| Dishes | Phytate (mg/100 g) | Phy:Zn | Phy:Fe | Ca:Phy | [Ca × Phy]:[Zn] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yam with kontomire stew | 15.72 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 107.9 | 0.02 |
| Yam with garden egg stew | 8.75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 25.4 | 0.001 |
| Plantain with kontomire stew | 7.15 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 267.2 | 0.01 |
| Plantain with garden egg stew | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0.004 | 2377.8 | 0 |
| Fufu with light soup | 9.11 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 22 | 0.001 |
| Fufu with palm nut soup | 9.11 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 49.7 | 0.002 |
| Fufu with groundnut soup | 8.93 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 19.5 | 0 |
| Konkonte with palm nut soup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Konkonte with groundnut and soup. | 1.79 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 1455.4 | 0.002 |
| Akple with okro soup | 18.57 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 12.7 | 0.002 |
| Kooko with bread | 5.36 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 15.1 | 0.001 |
| Kenkey with fried fish and pepper | 20 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 82.3 | 0.02 |
| Jollof rice | 6.07 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Plain rice and stew | 10 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 98.5 | 0.01 |
| Omo tuo with palm-nut soup | 15.71 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 51 | 0.01 |
| Omo tuo with groundnut soup | 8.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 19.2 | 0 |
| Waakye with stew | 17.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 23.2 | 0.003 |
| Hausa kooko with bread and akara | 20 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 0.002 |
| Tuo zaafi | 12.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 37.9 | 0.002 |
| Beans with fried plantain | 12.14 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 28.8 | 0.002 |
The Phy:Zn, Phy:Fe, Ca:Phy and [Ca × Phy]:[Zn] values were calculated using the method of Wyatt and Triana-Tejas (1994)