Research Article
[Retracted] Ghanaians Might Be at Risk of Inadequate Dietary Intake of Potassium
Table 1
Estimated 2010-2011 average food supply and potassium composition of 46 edible Food Balance Sheet (FBS) items for Ghana.
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a: cassava, tuber, boiled (without salt) & cassava, tuber, dried. b: cocoyam, tuber, boiled (without salt) & taro, tuber, boiled (without salt). c: beans, liquid from stewed kidney beans; beans, baked, home prepared; peas, edible-podded, boiled, drained, without salt; peas, edible-podded, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt; peas, green, raw & cowpea, boiled (without salt). d: soya bean, boiled (without salt) & soya bean, combined varieties, boiled (Ghana) (without salt). e: groundnut, shelled, dried, raw & groundnut paste. f: coconut, mature kernel, fresh, raw; coconut, immature kernel, fresh, raw; coconut, kernel, dried, raw & coconut water. g: tomato, red, ripe, boiled (without salt) & tomato paste, concentrated. h: onion, raw & onion, boiled (without salt). i: cocoyam, leaves, (without salt); amaranth leaves, boiled (without salt); cabbage, raw; carrot, raw; eggplant, boiled (without salt); garlic, raw; lettuce, raw; okra fruit, boiled (without salt); peppers, chilli, raw; pepper, sweet, red, raw; pepper, sweet, red, boiled (without salt); pepper, sweet, green, raw & pepper, sweet, green, boiled (without salt). j: lemon, raw & juice, lemon, unsweetened. k: juice, grapefruit, canned, unsweetened & grapefruit, pulp, raw. l: banana, white flesh, raw & banana, yellow flesh, raw. m: plantains, cooked; plantains, green, fried; snacks, plantain chips, salted; plantain, ripe, boiled (without salt) & plantains, ripe, fried. n: sweet apple, fruit, raw; juice, apple, canned, or bottled; apple, with skin, raw & apple, without skin, raw. o: avocado, pulp, raw; mango, deep orange flesh; mango, orange flesh, raw; papaya, fruit, ripe, raw & watermelon, fruit, raw. p: beer European (4.4% alcohol); beer, millet (est. 3% alcohol) & beer, sorghum (est. 3% alcohol). q: cream, whipping, 38% fat & cream, 13% fat. r: egg, chicken, boiled (without salt) & egg, chicken, fried. s: anchovy, fillet, steamed (without salt); mackerel, grilled (without salt and fat); mudfish, grilled (without salt and fat); sardine, steamed (without salt); tilapia, grilled (without salt and fat) & tuna, grilled (without salt and fat). t: spiny lobster, mixed species, cooked, moist heat & crab, queen, cooked, moist heat. u: octopus, common, cooked, moist heat & squid, mixed species, cooked, fried. composition was sourced from USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Software v.2.6.1. and the rest were from the FAO West African Food Composition Table. The K composition is presented as mg per 100 g edible portion. |