Table A6.
Foods consumed in the 7 days prior to the survey by Nigerian households in different zones [12].
| NC | NE | NW | SE | SS | SW | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea corn/sorghum | 51% | 51% | 69% | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Millet | 16% | 29% | 59% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Rice | 95% | 77% | 87% | 100% | 100% | 98% |
| Maize flour | 42% | 54% | 37% | 5% | 1% | 6% |
| Yam flour | 14% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 35% |
| Cassava flour | 36% | 7% | 5% | 12% | 5% | 34% |
| Wheat flour | 4% | 3% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 15% |
| Maize | 25% | 26% | 33% | 35% | 22% | 17% |
| Other grains and flour | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 5% |
| Bread | 54% | 54% | 60% | 79% | 77% | 80% |
| Cake | 1% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% |
| Buns/Pofpof/Donuts | 4% | 2% | 6% | 15% | 11% | 3% |
| Biscuits | 16% | 11% | 20% | 42% | 36% | 7% |
| Meat Pie/Sausage Roll | 1% | 0% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 1% |
| Cassava - roots | 6% | 11% | 17% | 27% | 18% | 1% |
| Yam-roots | 54% | 19% | 20% | 63% | 55% | 61% |
| Gari-white | 50% | 9% | 25% | 36% | 33% | 79% |
| Gari-yellow | 11% | 3% | 5% | 52% | 67% | 11% |
| Cocoyam | 1% | 2% | 4% | 24% | 17% | 12% |
| Plantains | 11% | 1% | 2% | 42% | 64% | 40% |
| Sweet potatoes | 10% | 23% | 34% | 13% | 10% | 7% |
| Potatoes | 4% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
| Soya beans | 4% | 4% | 10% | 4% | 1% | 2% |
| Brown beans | 13% | 10% | 3% | 10% | 18% | 53% |
| White beans | 69% | 68% | 77% | 68% | 66% | 31% |
| Groundnuts | 32% | 26% | 23% | 58% | 56% | 15% |
| Coconut | 2% | 0% | 2% | 19% | 23% | 5% |
| Kola nut | 8% | 23% | 26% | 13% | 6% | 8% |
| Palm oil | 92% | 79% | 86% | 97% | 97% | 95% |
| Butter/Margarine | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Groundnuts Oil | 43% | 60% | 75% | 62% | 55% | 49% |
| Animal fat | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Bananas | 17% | 12% | 13% | 31% | 37% | 28% |
| Orange/tangerine | 17% | 26% | 34% | 18% | 26% | 37% |
| Mangoes | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Avocado pear | 1% | 1% | 0% | 5% | 3% | 1% |
| Pineapples | 4% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 15% | 12% |
| Pawpaw | 6% | 1% | 3% | 36% | 31% | 17% |
| Watermelon | 16% | 14% | 33% | 14% | 13% | 19% |
| Guava | 1% | 2% | 2% | 21% | 10% | 1% |
| Apples | 3% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 4% | 12% |
| Tomatoes | 72% | 41% | 66% | 72% | 52% | 89% |
| Tomato puree (canned) | 13% | 2% | 5% | 62% | 48% | 20% |
| Onions | 88% | 88% | 87% | 97% | 94% | 93% |
| Garden eggs/egg plant | 8% | 5% | 10% | 32% | 13% | 9% |
| Okra | 77% | 70% | 59% | 50% | 61% | 41% |
| Peppers | 85% | 67% | 73% | 92% | 100% | 96% |
| Leaves (Cocoyam, Spinach, etc | 30% | 29% | 14% | 26% | 46% | 39% |
| Other vegetables (fresh or canned) | 1% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Chicken | 12% | 14% | 15% | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Duck | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Agricultural eggs | 14% | 4% | 14% | 22% | 36% | 38% |
| Local eggs | 4% | 3% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 5% |
| Beef | 36% | 39% | 32% | 62% | 50% | 42% |
| Mutton | 1% | 6% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pork | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 0% |
| Goat | 8% | 12% | 17% | 5% | 11% | 2% |
| Wild game/bush meat | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Fish-fresh | 14% | 10% | 17% | 8% | 32% | 9% |
| Fish-frozen | 27% | 2% | 10% | 51% | 42% | 58% |
| Fish-smoked | 12% | 8% | 5% | 32% | 25% | 27% |
| Fish-dried | 38% | 26% | 5% | 43% | 40% | 12% |
| Snails | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 7% | 2% |
| Seafood (lobster, crab, prawns, etc) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 23% | 1% |
| Other fish or seafood | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 4% | 0% |
| Fresh milk | 3% | 10% | 24% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Milk powder | 28% | 12% | 23% | 58% | 50% | 39% |
| Baby milk powder | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Milk tinned (unsweetened) | 6% | 1% | 4% | 11% | 9% | 13% |
| Cheese (wara) | 6% | 2% | 12% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Other milk products | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Coffee | 1% | 0% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| Chocolate drinks (including Milo) | 23% | 4% | 8% | 52% | 46% | 42% |
| Tea | 10% | 23% | 18% | 10% | 12% | 13% |
| Sugar | 60% | 77% | 74% | 53% | 40% | 38% |
| Honey | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 5% |
| Salt | 95% | 95% | 95% | 98% | 96% | 95% |
| Unground Ogbono | 5% | 0% | 0% | 35% | 22% | 4% |
| Ground Ogbono | 6% | 0% | 1% | 10% | 19% | 5% |
| Ground Pepper | 13% | 6% | 11% | 21% | 32% | 10% |
| Melon | 11% | 1% | 2% | 49% | 38% | 22% |
| Melon (ground) | 20% | 1% | 2% | 9% | 22% | 16% |
| Other Spices | 15% | 26% | 17% | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| Bottled water | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 9% |
| Sachet water | 26% | 19% | 29% | 40% | 46% | 48% |
| Malt drinks | 8% | 6% | 8% | 34% | 19% | 8% |
| Soft drinks (Coca Cola, Sprite...) | 14% | 8% | 19% | 30% | 29% | 15% |
| Fruit juice canned/Pack | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| Beer (local and imported) | 4% | 3% | 0% | 11% | 8% | 2% |
| Palm wine | 2% | 1% | 1% | 9% | 7% | 3% |
| Pito | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gin | 1% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 1% |
| Other alcoholic beverages | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Lowest numbers for regions are highlighted in red, the highest are in green.