Table 4.
Nutritional composition (sodium, potassium and sodium:potassium ratio) of the street food samples evaluated by laboratorial analysis, per serving
(Mean values and ranges)
| Serving size (g/serving) | Na (mg/serving) | K (mg/serving) | Na:K ratio | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | Min–max | Mean | Min–max | Mean | Min–max | Mean | Min–max | |
| Industrial food | |||||||||
| Biscuits | 4 | 88 | 82–98 | 57 | 51–63 | 55 | 31–68 | 2·0 | 1·3–3·4 |
| Chocolate | 4 | 33 | 33–33 | 2 | 0–8 | 216 | 135–298 | 0·0 | 0·0–0·1 |
| Ice cream | 4 | 56 | 33–71 | 30 | 15–46 | 80 | 67–108 | 0·6 | 0·4–0·9 |
| Kvass | 4 | 200 | 200–200 | 22 | 19–28 | 14 | 13–15 | 2·8 | 2·5–3·1 |
| Pretzels | 4 | 35 | 35–35 | 285 | 135–640 | 57 | 45–71 | 8·7 | 4·3–19·9 |
| Wafers | 4 | 89 | 81–94 | 127 | 73–188 | 109 | 46–162 | 2·1 | 1·5–2·7 |
| Home-made food | |||||||||
| Cheburec | 2 | 117 | 98–137 | 474 | 383–566 | 152 | 127–178 | 5·3 | 5·1–5·4 |
| Pateuri | 5 | 129 | 58–293 | 447 | 201–1119 | 175 | 32–583 | 8·3 | 3·2–25·2 |
| Sausage roll | 4 | 125 | 100–149 | 630 | 486–803 | 158 | 106–190 | 7·0 | 4·6–9·6 |
| Savoury plăcintă | 5 | 118 | 90–157 | 528 | 338–1029 | 154 | 98–198 | 5·9 | 3·5–10·5 |
| Sweet doughnut | 4 | 49 | 34–61 | 100 | 52–146 | 29 | 17–38 | 5·6 | 4·2–6·7 |
| Sweet plăcintă | 4 | 101 | 82–143 | 186 | 107–357 | 63 | 40–115 | 6·4 | 2·4–15·0 |
| Sweet roll (chiflă) | 4 | 126 | 79–209 | 774 | 396–1533 | 212 | 112–338 | 6·1 | 4·5–7·7 |
Min, minimum; Max, maximum.