Table A5.
Foods consumed in the 7 days prior to the survey by urban and rural Nigerian households [12].
| Item | Urban | Rural |
|---|---|---|
| Guinea corn/sorghum | 11% | 38% |
| Millet | 10% | 22% |
| Rice | 99% | 90% |
| Maize flour | 17% | 28% |
| Yam flour | 16% | 5% |
| Cassava flour | 18% | 16% |
| Wheat flour | 13% | 3% |
| Maize | 18% | 30% |
| Other grains and flour | 3% | 1% |
| Bread | 78% | 62% |
| Cake | 3% | 2% |
| Buns/Pofpof/Donuts | 7% | 7% |
| Biscuits | 22% | 22% |
| Meat Pie/Sausage Roll | 4% | 2% |
| Cassava-roots | 4% | 18% |
| Yam-roots | 56% | 40% |
| Gari-white | 52% | 33% |
| Gari-yellow | 26% | 24% |
| Cocoyam | 10% | 9% |
| Plantains | 36% | 22% |
| Sweet potatoes | 14% | 17% |
| Potatoes | 5% | 3% |
| Soya beans | 3% | 5% |
| Brown beans | 32% | 11% |
| White beans | 54% | 68% |
| Groundnuts | 28% | 38% |
| Coconut | 6% | 9% |
| Kola nut | 9% | 16% |
| Palm oil | 93% | 90% |
| Butter/Margarine | 3% | 1% |
| Groundnuts Oil | 65% | 54% |
| Bananas | 28% | 21% |
| Orange/tangerine | 35% | 22% |
| Mangoes | 1% | 1% |
| Avocado pear | 2% | 1% |
| Pineapples | 12% | 5% |
| Guava | 3% | 7% |
| Pawpaw | 15% | 16% |
| Watermelon | 27% | 14% |
| Apples | 10% | 2% |
| Tomatoes | 82% | 58% |
| Tomato puree (canned) | 30% | 23% |
| Onions | 93% | 90% |
| Garden eggs/egg plant | 14% | 12% |
| Okra | 52% | 64% |
| Peppers | 93% | 83% |
| Leaves (Cocoyam, Spinach, etc | 32% | 30% |
| Other vegetables (fresh or canned) | 1% | 2% |
| Chicken | 18% | 12% |
| Agricultural eggs | 35% | 15% |
| Local eggs | 3% | 6% |
| Beef | 55% | 38% |
| Mutton | 1% | 2% |
| Pork | 1% | 2% |
| Goat | 7% | 10% |
| Wild game/bush meat | 1% | 3% |
| Fish-fresh | 13% | 16% |
| Fish-frozen | 48% | 24% |
| Fish-smoked | 20% | 17% |
| Fish-dried | 22% | 30% |
| Snails | 2% | 2% |
| Seafood (lobster, crab, prawns, etc) | 5% | 6% |
| Fresh milk | 3% | 8% |
| Milk powder | 49% | 28% |
| Baby milk powder | 2% | 1% |
| Milk tinned (unsweetened) | 11% | 5% |
| Cheese (wara) | 2% | 5% |
| Coffee | 2% | 1% |
| Chocolate drinks (including Milo) | 41% | 23% |
| Tea | 19% | 12% |
| Sugar | 54% | 58% |
| Honey | 5% | 2% |
| Salt | 96% | 95% |
| Unground Ogbono | 11% | 11% |
| Ground Ogbono | 8% | 6% |
| Ground Pepper | 17% | 15% |
| Melon | 25% | 19% |
| Melon (ground) | 14% | 11% |
| Other Spices | 18% | 21% |
| Bottled water | 8% | 2% |
| Sachet water | 54% | 25% |
| Malt drinks | 16% | 13% |
| Soft drinks (Coca Cola, Sprite...) | 21% | 18% |
| Fruit juice canned/Pack | 2% | 1% |
| Other non-alcoholic drinks | 0% | 0% |
| Beer (local and imported) | 4% | 5% |
| Palm wine | 2% | 5% |
| Pito | 0% | 1% |
| Gin | 1% | 2% |
| Other alcoholic beverages | 0% | 0% |