Table 5.
Top contributors to micronutrients by percent of total and ranking for Canadian First Nations participants from the FNFNES, 2008−2018
| Food | Vitamin A Percent (rank) |
Vitamin C Percent (rank) |
Vitamin D Percent (rank) |
Folate Percent (rank) |
Calcium Percent (rank) |
Iron Percent (rank) |
Sodium Percent (rank) |
Zinc Percent (rank) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bannock | 4.5 (6) | 4.9 (5) | 3.0 (10) | |||||
| Beefa | 1.9 (9) | 5.8 (4) | 16.3 (1) | |||||
| Bread/buns, white | 20.4 (1) | 13.2 (2) | 13.2 (1) | 11.1 (2) | 5.1 (3) | |||
| Butter | 4.1 (6) | |||||||
| Cereal | 3.4 (7) | 10.8 (2) | 4.2 (7) | |||||
| Cheese | 3.9 (7) | 8.9 (3) | ||||||
| Chickenb | 2.1 (8) | 3.2 (9) | 4.7 (4) | |||||
| Cold cuts | 4.3 (5) | 8.8 (3) | 4.3 (6) | |||||
| Condimentsc | 7.1 (4) | |||||||
| Cream | 2.6 (9) | |||||||
| Eggs | 15.0 (2) | 13.5 (4) | 5.2 (4) | 3.0 (9) | 3.2 (8) | 3.5 (10) | ||
| Fish | 25.1 (1) | |||||||
| Fried vegetablesd | 3.0 (7) | |||||||
| Fruit drinks | 34.3 (1) | 3.5 (7) | ||||||
| Fruit juice | 18.5 (2) | 2.5 (10) | ||||||
| Fruits | 10.4 (4) | |||||||
| Game meate | 3.1 (8) | 1.2 (10) | 10.2 (3) | 14.7 (2) | ||||
| Margarine | 9.4 (3) | 17.1 (2) | ||||||
| Milk | 8.6 (4) | 16.9 (3) | 13.7 (1) | |||||
| Mixed dishesf | 2.6 (10) | 1.8 (9) | 2.8 (10) | 3.9 (6) | 4.7 (5) | 4.0 (8) | ||
| Pasta/noodlesg | 3.8 (6) | 16.9 (2) | 4.1 (6) | 5.5 (5) | 4.0 (7) | 3.9 (9) | ||
| Pastriesh | ||||||||
| Pizza | 4.8 (5) | 6.0 (4) | 3.2 (9) | 4.4 (6) | ||||
| Pork | 3.5 (7) | 4.4 (5) | ||||||
| Potatoes | 5.4 (5) | 1.2 (10) | ||||||
| Sandwiches | 3.1 (10) | |||||||
| Snack foods | 3.1 (6) | 3.3 (8) | ||||||
| Soup | 5.2 (5) | 2.2 (8) | 2.9 (8) | 3.9 (7) | 12.2 (1) | |||
| Tea | 2.8 (9) | |||||||
| Vegetables | 22.8 (1) | 11.6 (3) | 5.5 (3) | 3.1 (8) |
aBeef includes ground, steak, ribs and stewed. bChicken includes roasted, baked, fried and stewed. cCondiments include sauces, ketchup, mustard, salt and vinegar. dFried vegetables include French fries, hash browns, onion rings, and battered and deep-fried zucchini. eGame meat includes moose, caribou, deer, elk, rabbit, bear, beaver, groundhog, muskrat, porcupine, goose, duck, ptarmigan, grouse and pheasant. fMixed dishes include stews, pot pies, chili, ethnic and Mexican foods such as tacos and enchiladas, casseroles and salads. gPasta/noodles include plain pasta, lasagna and other mixed dishes containing pasta. hPastries include cakes, pies, muffins, and doughnuts (did not include cookies)