Table 2.
Sources of the food list and the food database (myfood24 database, African food composition tables, back-of-pack labels products and generated recipes)
| Food list sources* | Food database sources | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food category | Total (n 148 foods) | Focus groups | Individual dietary assessment | Market and shops assessment | Food already in myfood24 (n 82) | African food composi-tion tables (n 37) | Back-of-pack labels products (BOP) (n 2) | Generated recipes (n 27) |
| Fruits and vegetables | 53 | 50 | 31 | 48 | 40 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Meat and poultry | 11 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dairy and eggs | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cereals and tubers | 18 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Drinks | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Honey and other sugars | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fish | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Oils and fats | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sauces and condiments | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alcohol | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cakes, biscuits, chocolates and other snacks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dishes with vegetables and cereals or tubers | 15 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Dishes with fish and vegetables | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dishes cereal-based | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dishes vegetable-based | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
*
The total of foods collected through focus group discussions, individual dietary surveys and shop and market assessments is not equal to 147, but it is higher. However, some foods and recipes were repeated using different methods.