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. 2016 Sep 30;4(3):74–88. doi: 10.14252/foodsafetyfscj.2016013s

Table 2. Point estimate of AA intake from each food item.

Food item Number of
people who
consumed the food
Amount of the food
consumption per
body weight
(g/kg bw/day)
AA content
(ng/g)
AA intake
(ng/kg bw/day)
Regular Coffee (Extracts) 4,203 0.78 16 12
Instant Coffee (Freeze-dried) 7,159 0.018 668 12
Wheat flour snack 2,273 0.058 174 10
Potato chips 568 0.020 471 9.4
Potatoes (Sautéed) 507 0.028 319 8.9
Bean sprout (Fried/Sautéed) 2,385 0.088 95 8.4
Molded mashed potato snack 171 0.0066 1187 7.8
Potatoes (Fried) 497 0.028 269 7.5
Onions (Surface fried) 3,914 0.18 37 6.7
Green pepper (Fried/Sautéed) 3,929 0.068 95 6.5
Hashed beef/Curry/Beef stew paste 2,847 0.060 101 6.1
Green tea/Oolong tea (Extracts) 12,497 4.40 1.2 5.3
Onion (Fried/Sautéed) 7,432 0.21 25 5.3
Rice cracker 2,284 0.052 99 5.1
Cooked rice 23,605 6.6 0.59 3.9
Cabbage (Fried/Sautéed) 3,739 0.18 20 3.6
Hoji-cha <Roasted tea> (Extracts) 1,329 0.41 7.6 3.1
Bread crumb for coating in frying 5,916 0.12 24 2.9
Mugi-cha tea <Roasted barley extracts infused
at home>
3,593 1.3 2.0 2.6
Bottled mugi-cha tea <Roasted barley extracts> 955 0.36 7 2.5
Karinto <Fried dough cookie>
(With non-centrifugal sugar)
141 0.0033 731 2.4
Roasted sesame seed 5,843 0.015 152 2.3
Coffee-based beverage 1,198 0.22 9.1 2.0
Bread roll (Untoasted/Without non-centrifugal sugar) 2,152 0.13 13 1.7
Instant noodle 1,019 0.065 26 1.7
Potatoes (Surface fried) 2,502 0.15 11 1.7
Corn flour snack 312 0.0097 142 1.4
Bread roll (Untoasted/With non-centrifugal sugar) 239 0.014 91 1.3
Eggplant (Fried/Sautéed) 1,067 0.056 20 1.1
Sliced bread (Toasted/Without non-centrifugal sugar) 5,459 0.33 3.3 1.1
Cereal 270 0.011 93 1.0
Bread roll/French bread 1,117 0.062 16 1.0
Non-centrifugal sugar (Excluding Wasanbon-to
<Traditional Japanese refined sugar>)
364 0.0025 387 0.97
Almond 373 0.0029 324 0.94
Manju <Japanese steamed bun>
(With non-centrifugal sugar)
100 0.0042 194 0.81
Cocoa (Powder) 679 0.0065 123 0.80
Rice miso paste 14,671 0.19 3.0 0.57
Sweetened bun 1,247 0.089 6.2 0.55
Dried fruits 685 0.011 47 0.52
Soy sauce 21,001 0.26 1.9 0.49
Sliced bread (Untoasted/Without non-centrifugal sugar) 2,340 0.14 3.4 0.48
Peanut 496 0.0060 75 0.45
Broccoli (Fried/Sautéed) 842 0.020 20 0.40
Podded pea (Fried/Sautéed) 188 0.00093 393 0.37
Imo-kenpi <Fried sweet potatoes > 67 0.0021 166 0.35
Pumpkins (Fried/Sautéed) 370 0.017 20 0.34
Kinako <Roasted soybean flour> 656 0.0039 75 0.29
Candy (With non-centrifugal sugar) 27 0.00024 1046 0.25
Asparagus (Fried/Sautéed) 92 0.0020 95 0.19
String bean (Fried/Sautéed) 417 0.0079 20 0.16
Curry powder 418 0.00033 423 0.14
White stew paste 786 0.017 8.0 0.14
English tea (Extracts) 1,880 0.39 0.29 0.11
Fried beans 19 0.00049 120 0.059
Soybean miso paste 362 0.0035 9.0 0.032
English muffin/Naan 124 0.0083 3.3 0.027
Bolo <Small round cookie> 29 0.0011 20 0.022
Mugikogashi <Roasted barley flour> 8 0.000040 236 0.0094
Wasanbon-to <Traditional Japanese refined sugar> 14 0.000066 85 0.0056
Pistachio 15 0.00011 34 0.0037
Total (ng/kg bw/day) 158