Table 1.
Estimated 2010-2011 average food supply and potassium composition of 46 edible Food Balance Sheet (FBS) items for Ghana.
| Food category | Commonly eaten food/product in Ghana | K (mg) | Kg/cap/yr | K/cap/yr | K/cap/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat & products | Bread, wheat, white | 117.00 | 17.64 | 2063.30 | 5.65 |
| Rice (milled equivalent) | Rice, white, polished, boiled (without salt) | 20.10 | 32.40 | 651.01 | 1.78 |
| Maize & products | Maize, white, stiff porridge (without salt) | 40.00 | 27.11 | 1084.20 | 2.97 |
| Oats∗ | Oats, regular and quick, unenriched, cooked with water (including boiling and microwaving), without salt | 70.00 | 0.16 | 10.85 | 0.03 |
| Millet & products | Millet, whole grain, boiled (without salt) | 124.00 | 6.11 | 757.02 | 2.07 |
| Sorghum & products | Sorghum, whole grain, boiled (without salt) | 122.00 | 8.24 | 1004.67 | 2.75 |
| Cassava & products | a | 418.58 | 230.35 | 96417.12 | 264.16 |
| Potatoes & products∗ | Snack, potato chips, made from dried potatoes, plain | 637.00 | 0.21 | 130.59 | 0.36 |
| Sweet potatoes | Sweet potato, yellow, boiled (without salt) | 369.04 | 5.10 | 1880.25 | 5.15 |
| Yams | Yam tuber, boiled (without salt) | 687.00 | 147.48 | 101318.76 | 277.59 |
| Roots, other | b | 313.43 | 36.99 | 11593.86 | 31.76 |
| Sugar (raw equivalent) | Sugar | 2.00 | 11.60 | 23.19 | 0.06 |
| Beans/peas∗ | c | 300.49 | 0.72 | 215.60 | 0.59 |
| Soyabeans∗ | d | 573.26 | 0.02 | 8.60 | 0.02 |
| Groundnuts (shelled eq) | e | 723.74 | 5.97 | 4317.13 | 11.83 |
| Coconuts including copra | f | 379.88 | 5.86 | 2224.17 | 6.09 |
| Tomatoes & products | g | 616.00 | 22.66 | 13955.48 | 38.23 |
| Onions | h | 133.95 | 6.23 | 834.49 | 2.29 |
| Vegetables, other | i | 241.43 | 8.65 | 2088.33 | 5.72 |
| Oranges, mandarins | Orange, raw | 121.18 | 21.46 | 2599.92 | 7.12 |
| Lemons, limes & products∗ | j | 114.34 | 1.67 | 190.95 | 0.52 |
| Grapefruit & products∗ | k | 96.18 | 0.03 | 2.89 | 0.01 |
| Bananas | l | 238.40 | 1.99 | 474.42 | 1.30 |
| Plantains∗ | m | 524.20 | 131.24 | 68793.39 | 188.48 |
| Apples and products∗ | n | 101.00 | 1.03 | 103.53 | 0.28 |
| Pineapples and products | Pineapple, pulp, raw | 104.65 | 0.99 | 103.61 | 0.28 |
| Fruits, other | o | 151.06 | 12.89 | 1946.39 | 5.33 |
| Coffee & products∗ | Coffee, instant, powder | 3640.00 | 0.06 | 200.20 | 0.55 |
| Cocoa beans & products∗ | Beverages, cocoa mix, powder | 712.00 | 3.68 | 2616.60 | 7.17 |
| Tea (including mate)∗ | Tea, infusion | 18.00 | 0.05 | 0.90 | 0.002 |
| Spices, other∗ | Spices, mix, ground | 1040.00 | 0.05 | 52.00 | 0.14 |
| Beer | p | 31.33 | 4.31 | 135.05 | 0.37 |
| Beverages, fermented | Ovaltine beverage with skimmed milk (without sugar; fortified) | 204.00 | 14.05 | 2866.20 | 7.85 |
| Pigmeat | Pork, meat, approx. 40% fat, boiled (without salt) | 230.77 | 1.04 | 240.00 | 0.66 |
| Bovine Meat | Beef, meat, 15–20% fat, boiled∗ (without salt) | 254.00 | 1.23 | 312.42 | 0.86 |
| Mutton & goat meat | Goat, meat, boiled (without salt) | 316.04 | 1.75 | 553.08 | 1.52 |
| Poultry meat | Chicken, light meat, flesh and skin, boiled (without salt) | 128.00 | 7.09 | 906.88 | 2.48 |
| Meat, other | Game meat, dried | 923.00 | 4.86 | 4481.17 | 12.28 |
| Cream∗ | q | 114.50 | 0.02 | 2.29 | 0.01 |
| Butter, ghee | Cheddar | 82.30 | 0.10 | 7.82 | 0.02 |
| Fats, animals, raw | Margarine, fortified | 18.00 | 0.20 | 3.60 | 0.01 |
| Eggs | r | 133.64 | 1.17 | 156.36 | 0.43 |
| Milk excluding butter | Milk, cow, canned, evaporated | 303.00 | 8.67 | 2627.01 | 7.20 |
| Fishes | s | 258.05 | 6.28 | 1619.89 | 4.44 |
| Crustaceans∗ | t | 204.00 | 0.08 | 16.32 | 0.04 |
| Cephalopods∗ | u | 454.50 | 0.10 | 43.18 | 0.12 |
| Total | 908.60 | ||||
a: cassava, tuber, boiled (without salt) & cassava, tuber, dried. b: cocoyam, tuber, boiled (without salt) & taro, tuber, boiled (without salt). c: beans, liquid from stewed kidney beans; beans, baked, home prepared; peas, edible-podded, boiled, drained, without salt; peas, edible-podded, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt; peas, green, raw & cowpea, boiled (without salt). d: soya bean, boiled (without salt) & soya bean, combined varieties, boiled (Ghana) (without salt). e: groundnut, shelled, dried, raw & groundnut paste. f: coconut, mature kernel, fresh, raw; coconut, immature kernel, fresh, raw; coconut, kernel, dried, raw & coconut water. g: tomato, red, ripe, boiled (without salt) & tomato paste, concentrated. h: onion, raw & onion, boiled (without salt). i: cocoyam, leaves, boiled∗ (without salt); amaranth leaves, boiled (without salt); cabbage, raw; carrot, raw; eggplant, boiled (without salt); garlic, raw; lettuce, raw; okra fruit, boiled (without salt); peppers, chilli, raw; pepper, sweet, red, raw; pepper, sweet, red, boiled (without salt); pepper, sweet, green, raw & pepper, sweet, green, boiled (without salt). j: lemon, raw & juice, lemon, unsweetened. k: juice, grapefruit, canned, unsweetened & grapefruit, pulp, raw. l: banana, white flesh, raw & banana, yellow flesh, raw. m: plantains, cooked; plantains, green, fried; snacks, plantain chips, salted; plantain, ripe, boiled (without salt) & plantains, ripe, fried. n: sweet apple, fruit, raw; juice, apple, canned, or bottled; apple, with skin, raw & apple, without skin, raw. o: avocado, pulp, raw; mango, deep orange flesh; mango, orange flesh, raw; papaya, fruit, ripe, raw & watermelon, fruit, raw. p: beer European (4.4% alcohol); beer, millet (est. 3% alcohol) & beer, sorghum (est. 3% alcohol). q: cream, whipping, 38% fat & cream, 13% fat. r: egg, chicken, boiled (without salt) & egg, chicken, fried. s: anchovy, fillet, steamed (without salt); mackerel, grilled (without salt and fat); mudfish, grilled (without salt and fat); sardine, steamed (without salt); tilapia, grilled (without salt and fat) & tuna, grilled (without salt and fat). t: spiny lobster, mixed species, cooked, moist heat & crab, queen, cooked, moist heat. u: octopus, common, cooked, moist heat & squid, mixed species, cooked, fried. ∗K composition was sourced from USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Software v.2.6.1. and the rest were from the FAO West African Food Composition Table. The K composition is presented as mg per 100 g edible portion.