Iron Content of Some Popular Cooked Foods Consumed by the Rural School Children in Sri Lanka
Table 4
Estimated daily intake of iron per serving of each food item and its contribution to RDA.
Serving size (kg)
EDI per serving (mg)
Contribution to the RDA per serving (%)
Based on the USDA guidelines
Based on the SL guidelines
Girls 15-16 years
Boys 15-16 years
Girls 15 years
Girls 16 years
Boys 15 years
Boys 16 years
(1) Vegetables
Beetroot curry
0.025
0.54 ± 0.002
3.58
4.88
1.49
1.38
1.79
1.38
Pumpkin curry
0.030
1.16 ± 0.011
7.76
10.58
3.23
2.98
3.88
2.98
Yellow cabbage curry
0.025
0.46 ± 0.006
3.03
4.14
1.26
1.17
1.52
1.17
Ash plantain curry
0.025
0.25 ± 0.008
1.64
2.23
0.68
0.63
0.82
0.63
Potato curry
0.025
0.39 ± 0.031
2.61
3.56
1.09
1.00
1.31
1.00
Ladies’ finger curry
0.025
0.19 ± 0.006
1.27
1.73
0.53
0.49
0.63
0.49
Brinjal curry
0.030
0.46 ± 0.193
3.07
4.19
1.28
1.18
1.54
1.18
Carrot curry
0.025
0.69 ± 0.004
4.63
6.32
1.93
1.78
2.32
1.78
Mean
0.026
0.52±0.30
3.45
4.70
1.44
1.33
1.72
1.33
(2) Pulses
Lentil curry
0.030
2.17 ± 0.004
14.50
19.77
6.04
5.58
7.25
5.58
Chickpea boiled
0.021
0.76 ± 0.189
5.09
6.94
2.12
1.96
2.55
1.96
Chickpea curry
0.025
0.67 ± 0.202
4.44
6.05
1.85
1.71
2.22
1.71
Mean
0.025
1.20±0.765
8.01
10.92
3.34
3.08
4.00
3.08
(3) Green leaves
Sessile joy weed (mukunuwenna malluma)
0.010
0.17 ± 0.042
1.14
1.56
0.48
0.44
0.57
0.44
Centella (gotukola sambol)
0.013
0.59 ± 0.108
3.91
5.33
1.63
1.50
1.96
1.50
Vegetable hummingbird (kathurumurunga malluma)
0.010
0.26 ± 0.056
1.76
2.40
0.73
0.68
0.88
0.68
Mean
0.011
0.34±0.203
2.27
3.10
0.95
0.87
1.14
0.87
(4) Fish
Dried sprats curry
0.015
0.86 ± 0.05
5.72
7.80
2.38
2.20
2.86
2.20
Salmon (brand A) curry
0.030
0.83 ± 0.035
5.55
7.57
2.31
2.13
2.77
2.13
Sardinella (salaya) fried marinated
0.030
2.05 ± 0.15
13.67
18.64
5.69
5.26
6.83
5.26
Sardinella (salaya) curry
0.030
1.81 ± 0.103
12.09
16.49
5.04
4.65
6.05
4.65
Spanish mackerel (thora) curry
0.030
1.24 ± 0.071
8.28
11.30
3.45
3.19
4.14
3.19
Sailfish (thalapath) curry
0.030
1.41 ± 0.182
9.40
12.82
3.92
3.62
4.70
3.62
Yellowfin tuna (kelawallo) curry
0.030
0.73 ± 0.162
4.83
6.59
2.01
1.86
2.42
1.86
Red snapper (rathu gal malu) curry
0.030
1.30 ± 0.244
8.63
11.77
3.60
3.32
4.32
3.32
Queenfish (kattawa) curry
0.030
1.53 ± 0.127
10.19
13.89
4.24
3.92
5.09
3.92
Mean
0.028
1.31±0.45
8.71
11.87
3.63
3.35
4.35
3.35
(5) Rice varieties
White raw rice (sudu kekulu)
0.130
3.54 ± 0.267
23.59
32.17
9.83
9.07
11.80
9.07
Red raw rice (rathu kekulu)
0.130
4.80 ± 0.178
32.00
43.63
13.33
12.31
16.00
12.31
Parboiled small rice (samba)
0.130
0.75 ± 0.589
4.97
6.78
2.07
1.91
2.49
1.91
Mean
0.130
3.03±1.880
20.19
27.53
8.41
7.76
10.09
7.76
(6) Other foods
Coconut sambol
0.250
0.77 ± 0.036
5.11
6.97
2.13
1.97
2.56
1.97
String hopper
0.120
0.34 ± 0.033
2.26
3.08
0.94
0.87
1.13
0.87
Values of estimated daily intake per serving are mean ± SD (n = 2); EDI = estimated daily intake, RDA = recommended daily allowance, USDA = United States Department of Agriculture, and SL = Sri Lanka; Serving size-vegetables, pulses, green leaves, and coconut sambol: 1 tablespoon (tbs); rice: 1 teacup; fish varieties: based on the food-based dietary guidelines [12]; string hoppers = 1 string hopper.
