Research Article
Pattern and Extent of Street Food Consumption in Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Survey
Table 2
The extent of street foods consumption.
| | Food type | Once a week | 2–4 times | 5-6 times | Everyday | Total |
| | Rice with tomato stew or bean stew | 152 (42.9) | 119 (33.6) | 50 (14.1) | 33 (9.3) | 354 (100) | | Banku/akple with tomato stew, okro stew, or pepper sauce | 117 (34.6) | 133 (39.4) | 42 (12.4) | 46 (13.6) | 338 (100) | | Fufu or kokonte with light soup or palm fruit soup | 142(52.4) | 95 (35.1) | 28 (10.3) | 6 (2.2) | 271 (100) | | Ampesi with tomato stew or palava sauce | 99 (54.7) | 55 (30.4) | 22 (12.2) | 5 (2.8) | 181 (100) | | Kenkey with fish and pepper sauce | 74 (24.0) | 122 (39.5) | 76 (24.6) | 37 (12.0) | 309 (100) | | Koko (porridge) or tea with omelette and bread | 89 (29.1) | 97 (31.7) | 33 (10.8) | 87 (28.4) | 306 (100) | | Waakye | 113 (37.8) | 102 (34.1) | 62 (20.7) | 22 (7.4) | 299 (100) | | Cooked beans with gari and palm oil | 161 (57.9) | 91 (32.7) | 21 (7.6) | 5 (1.8) | 278 (100) | | Fried yam/kelewele/plantain | 101 (35.1) | 105 (36.5) | 66 (22.9) | 16 (5.6) | 288 (100) | | Fruits | 57 (16.1) | 96 (27.0) | 83 (23.4) | 119 (33.5) | 355 (100) | | Soft drinks/cocoa drink/ice kenkey | 82 (25.1) | 124 (37.9) | 57 (17.4) | 64 (19.6) | 327 (100) | | Tuozaafi | 40 (42.1) | 22 (23.2) | 5 (5.3) | 28 (29.5) | 95 (100) |
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