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. 2007 Nov 30;13(2):80–89. doi: 10.2188/jea.13.80

Table 3. Percentage contribution of the top 10 foods for energy, protein, fat and carbohydrates in urban and rural areas.

Energy Protein Fat Carbohydrates




Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural
Rice 36.9 Rice 39.5 Rice 23.1 Rice 34.4 Salad oil 22.1 Lard 45.8 Rice 57.1 Rice 59.6
Salad oil 6.9 Lard 14.2 Lean pork 7.2 Pork 6.5 Soybean oil 17.1 Pork 16.4 Flour 8.7 D noodles 5.8
Flour 5.9 Pork 5.3 Egg 5.0 Egg 4.3 Pork 9.5 Rape oil 11.7 FD noodles 2.9 Corn 5.7
Soybean oil 3.8 Corn 3.8 Flour 5.0 D noodles 4.2 Egg 3.8 Rice 3.8 Sucrose 2.6 Corn porridge 4.4
Pork 3.6 Dried noodles 3.6 Herring 3.8 Corn 3.5 Lean pork 3.7 Egg 2.3 Noodles 2.4 Flour 3.6
Lean pork 2.0 Corn porridge 3.4 Pork 3.6 Bean curd 3.0 Pork steak 2.8 Fat pork 1.8 Steamed bread 2.0 Hybrid rice 3.0
Fine dried noodles 2.0 Rape oil 3.3 Chicken 2.5 Flour 2.9 Rice 2.6 Bean curd* 1.7 Apple 1.9 Corn starch 2.9
Egg 1.8 Flour 2.5 Bean curd 2.2 Greengrocery 2.7 Peanut 2.3 Corn 1.6 Vermicelli 1.2 Noodles** 2.4
Noodles 1.5 Corn starch 2.1 Pork steak 1.5 Corn porridge 2.6 Sausage 1.8 Corn porridge 1.6 Glutinous rice*** 1.1 Ground rice 1.1
Steamed bread 1.4 Wine 2.0 Greengrocery 1.5 Bean card* 2.3 Rape oil 1.5 Bean curd 1.6 Dough stick**** 0.8 Noodles 0.9

D: dried, FD: fine dried.

*Thin sheet; **enriched; ***polished; ****fried twis