Table 3.

Food items included in the typical daily household food baskets, by wealth group, Dhanusha, Nepal

	Very poor		Poor		Middle		Better-off
Food groups	Item	Amount (g)	Item	Amount (g)	Item	Amount (g)	Item	Amount (g)
Cereals	Rice, parboiled	2331	Rice, parboiled	2138	Rice, fine grain	2076	Rice, fine grain	1703
	Whole wheat flour	278	Whole wheat flour	255	Whole wheat flour	244	Wheat flour, fine	188
Roots/ tubers	Potato	582	Potato	631	Potato	651	Potato	664
Coloured vegetables	Red amaranth	346	Red amaranth	382	Red amaranth	409	Red amaranth	440
Other vegetables	Eggplant	279	Eggplant	309	Eggplant	333	Pointed gourd	372
Pulses	Kheshari lentil (grass pea)	105	Red lentil	148	Red lentil	162	Yellow split pea	175
Oil	Mustard oil	112	Mustard oil	124	Mustard oil	121	Mustard oil	120
Dairy	Cow milk	359	Cow milk	999	Cow milk	1553	Cow milk	2049
Meat	–	–	–	–	–	–	Chicken, broiler	77
Fish	Mixed small fishes	62	Mixed small fishes	65	Fish, Silver carp	51	Fish, Silver carp	49
Others	Yellow mustard	62	Yellow mustard	69	Yellow mustard	75	Yellow mustard	79
Sugar	–	–	–	–	–	–	Sugar	216
Fruit	–	–	–	–	–	–	Apple	90