Food Composition Tables - Africa

AFRICA

Répertoire général des aliments 3: Table de composition des fruits exotiques, fruits de cueillette d'Afrique

J-C Favier, J Ireland-Ripert, C Laussucq, M Feinberg

Ciqual & CNEVA

1993* 207 pp (French)

Carte des Calories et des Vitamines pour 150 Aliments Africains

Office de Recherches sur l'Alimentation et la Nutrition Africaine

(ORANA), 39, Avenue Pasteur, BP 2089, Dakar, Senegal

undated* poster, (French)

Food Composition Table for Use in Africa

WT Wu Leung

FAO, Rome, Italy; US Dept Health, Education, and Welfare, Bethesda, MD, USA

1968* 306 pp (English)

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Africa, East

Food Composition Table for Energy and Eight Important Nutrients in Foods Commonly Eaten in East Africa

CE West, F Pepping, I Scholte, W Jansen, HFF Albers

Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) of ACP/ECP Convention of Lomé, and Food and Nutrition Cooperation (ECSA)

Department of Human Nutrition, Wageningen Agricultural University, PO Box 8129, 6700 EV Wageningen, The Netherlands; Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre, PO Box 977, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

1987* poster (English)

Africa, West

Composition of Selected Foods from West Africa

Barbara Stadlmayr, U Ruth Charrondiere, Paulina Addy, Babacar Samb, Victor N Enujiugha, Romaric G Bayili, Etel G Fagbohoun, Ifeyironwa Francisca Smith, Ismael Thiam, Barbara Burlingame (Editors).

FAO, ECOWAS, WAHO, INFOODS and Bioversity International.

FAO, 2010.

173 foods and 30 components

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Aliments de l'Ouest Africain--Tables de Composition

J Toury, R Giorgi, JC Favier, JF Savina, Organisation de Coordination et de Coopération pour le lutte contre les grandes Endemies

Office de Recherches sur l'Alimentation et la Nutrition Africaines

(ORANA), Dakar, Senegal

1965 63 pp (French)

Plantes alimentaires de l'Ouest africain--Etude botanique, chimique et biologique des végétaux alimentaires

FF Busson

M Leconte, Marseille, France

1965 568 pp (French)

Cameroon

Table Provisoire de Composition des Aliments du Sud-Cameroun

B Bergeret, R Masseyeff

Nutrition Section, Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer, Yaoundé

Ann Nut Alim, Vol XI, pp 47-69

1957 (French)

Les Aliments d'Origine Végétale au Cameroun

J Pele, S Le Berre

Nutrition Section, Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer, Yaoundé

1966 (French)

Congo, Dem. Rep.

Tables de composition alimentaire pour la République Démocratique du Congo

VA Degroote

Office National de la Recherche et du Developpement, BP 3119

Kinshasa-Kaslina

1966 (French)

Egypt

Food Composition Tables

Nutrition Institute, Cairo

1985* 40 pp(English)

Ethiopia

Expanded Food Composition Table for Use in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Nutrition Institute, Addis Ababa

undated* 73 pp (English)

Food Composition Table for Use in Ethiopia I

G Ågren, R Gibson

Swedish International Development Authority, Stockholm, and Ethiopian Nutrition Institute, Addis Ababa

1968* 31 pp(English)

Food Composition Table for Use in Ethiopia II: Amino Acid Content and Biological Data on Proteins in Ethiopian Foods

G Ågren, A Eklund, S-Å Liedén,

Swedish International Development Authority, Stockholm, and Ethiopian Nutrition Institute, Addis Ababa

1975* 72 pp(English)

Food Composition Table for Use in Ethiopia IV

Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

1998* 33 pp(English)

Contact: EHNRI, PO Box 5654/1242, Addis Ababa

Gambia

Food Composition Table for use in The Gambia (2011)

By C.J. Prynne and A.A. Paul

MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK

	Contact for printed version:
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Foods of Rural Gambia

JE McCrae, AA Paul

Medical Research Council Dunn Nutrition Unit, Cambridge, UK, and Keneba, The Gambia

1979* 89 pp(English)

Foods of Rural Gambia

JE McCrae, AA Paul

Medical Research Council Dunn Nutrition Unit, Cambridge, UK, and Keneba, The Gambia,

Second Edition, 1996* 109 pp(English)

Gambian Foods: GAFNA Handbook no. 1. [energy and protein tables]

[a nutrition guidebook for health workers]

Gambian Food and Nutrition Association (GAFNA) with international agencies.

Sent to us by Medical Research Council Dunn Nutrition Unit, Downhams Lane, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ, England.

No year, but says GAFNA formed 1987. 29 pp., 2 cc.(English, with Mandinka)

Ghana

Nutrient composition of 167 food items from Ghana, The Philippines, Italy and Finland

S Westenbrink, JT Knuiman, CE West, L van der Heijden, P van de Bovenkamp, EAM Koot-Gronsveld, JG Kosmeijer-Schuil, MB Katan

Vol III of Food Analyses of the Department of Human Nutrition Department of Human Nutrition, Agricultural University, De Dreijen 12, 6703 BC Wageningen, The Netherlands

1983* 27 pp (English)

Composition of Foods Commonly Used in Ghana

KK Eyeson, EK Ankrah

Food Research Institute (CSIR), and UNDP and FAO

Food Research Institute, PO Box M20, Accra

1975* 57 pp(English)

Kenya

Chemical Composition of Some Kenya Foodstuffs

D Harvey

Records of the Medical Research Laboratory No 10, Medical Department

Government Printer, Nairobi

1951 (English)

National Food Composition Tables and The Planning of Satisfactory Diets in Kenya.

Dr. (Mrs.) Jaswant Kaur Sehmi (autographed)

Ministry of Health.

Government Printer, P.O. Box 30128, Nairobi, Kenya.

1993*, 200 pp. (English)

Lesotho

Food Composition Tables

Mali

Table de composition d'aliments du Mali

Food Composition Table for Mali

Barikmo I, Ouattara F, Oshaug A

Research series No. 9. Akershus University College, Norway

2004 (French/English)

Contact: Ingrid Barikmo, Akershus University College. PO Box 423, NO-2001 Lillestrøm, Norway Tel: +47 64849182, Fax: +47 64849002, E-mail: ingrid.barikmo@hiak.no

The Composition of Malian Foods

M B Nordeide, CNRST, Programme de Recherche SSE

Bamako, Mali & Nordic School of Nutrition,

University of Oslo, Norway

1995 Draft (English)

Table de composition d'aliments du Mali

M B Nordeide, Projet de Recherche SSE, Environnement et Developpement au Mali, Mali/Norvege

1998 (French)

Mozambique

Food composition database for Mozambique, Version 2 (2011)

Korkalo L, Hauta-alus H, Mutanen M

Department of Food and Environmental Sciences

University of Helsinki, Finland

The table includes 205 foods and 35 nutrients

Actual and Recommended Diet Make-up for the Population of Mozambique, including Food Composition Table

FL Snijders

Série Terra e Água do Instituto Nacional de Investigação

Agronómica, Documento Interno No 10, Maputo

1985 16 pp (English)

Nigeria

Nigerian Foods and Feedingstuffs

VA Oyenuya

University Press, Ivadan

1968 (English)

Nutrient Composition of Commonly Eaten Foods in Nigeria - Raw, Processed and Prepared

EB Oguntona & IO Akinyele

Food Basket Foundation Publication Series

1995 131 pp (English)

Contact: Executive Chairman, Food Basket Foundation International, 46 Ondo Street, Old Bodija Estate, Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria

Senegal

Chemical Composition of 66 Samples of Leaves, Fruits, Seeds and Tubercles Eaten in Senegal

Qualitas Plantarum et Materiae, Vol 8, No 2, pp 139-155, The Hague, Netherlands

1961 16 pp (English)

South Africa

Search the South African Food Composition Database (update 2010) to look up the energy and selected macronutrient (carbohydrate, fat, protein, fibre) composition of different foods. Should you require more information on the vitamin, mineral, individual fatty acids and amino acids content of food, you could consult the books on food composition or the dietary analysis software program. For queries related to the South African Food Composition Database (SAFOODS), please contact the SAFOODS Manager or visit the website at http://safoods.mrc.ac.za

Search SA food composition table (1986) for 5 nutrients

Studies on the Chemical Composition of Foods Commonly Used in Southern Africa

FW Fox

South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg

2nd ed 1986 (English)

NRIND Food Composition Tables, Second Edition

E Gouws, ML Langenhoven

National Research Institute for Nutritional Diseases

Publications Unit, Medical Research Council, PO Box 70, Tygerberg 7505

1986* viii + 140 pp (English)

MRC Food Composition Tables. Third edition

Langenhoven ML, Kruger M, Gouws E, Faber M.

Third print. Parow: South African Medical Research Council

1991. x + 227 pp (English)

Contact: Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa Tel +27 -21-938 0405, Fax +27-21-938 0321 E-mail: natasha.danster@mrc.ac.za

Fatty Acid and Amino Acid Composition Tables. Supplement to MRC Food Composition Tables

Kruger M, Langenhoven M, Faber M.

Parow: South African Medical Research Council

1992 ix + 205 pp. (English)

Contact: Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa Tel +27 -21-938 0405, Fax +27-21-938 0321 E-mail: natasha.danster@mrc.ac.za

MRC Food Quantities Manual. Second edition

Langenhoven ML, Conradie PJ, Wolmarans P, Faber M.

Parow: South African Medical Research Council

1991. iv + 213 pp (English)

Contact: Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa Tel +27 -21-938 0405, Fax +27-21-938 0321 E-mail: natasha.danster@mrc.ac.za

Composition of South African Beef

Hettie Schönfeldt and Christa Welgemoed

South African Meat Board, Pretoria

1996* 62 pp (English)

Composition of South African Foods: Vegetables and Fruit
Supplement to the MRC Food Composition Tables 1991

Marita Kruger, Nazeeia Sayed, Marietjie Langenhoven, Frith Holing

Medical Research Council for South African Food Composition Data

1998 160 pp (English)

Contact:Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa Tel +27 -21-938 0405, Fax +27-21-938 0321 E-mail: natasha.danster@mrc.ac.za

Composition of South African Foods: Milk & milk products, eggs, meat & meat products
Supplement to the MRC Food Compsition Tables 1991

Nazeeia Sayed, Yolandi Frans, Medical Research Council

Hettie C. Schonfeldt, Agricultural Research Council for South African Food Composition Data (SAFCOD)

1999 98 pp (English)

Contact:Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa Tel +27 -21-938 0405, Fax +27-21-938 0321 E-mail: natasha.danster@mrc.ac.za

Food Composition Database of Medical Research Council of South Africa

Sudan

Sudan Food Composition Tables

JZ Boutros, National Chemical Laboratories

Ministry of Health, Khartoum

2nd ed 1986* 31 pp (English with Arabic)

Tanzania

The Tanzania Food Tables

ALD Marealle

East Africa Literature Bureau

1974 (Kiswahili)

Food Composition Table for Use in a Research Program on Vitamin A Deficiency in Tanzania

CE West, ed

Agricultural University, Wageningen, Netherlands, and Tanzanian Food and Nutrition Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

1985* vii + 41 pp (English)

The Composition of Foods Commonly Eaten in East Africa

CE West, F Pepping, and CR Temalilawa, eds.

Department of Human Nutrition, Wageningen Agricultural University, PO Box 8129, 6700 EV Wageningen, The Netherlands; Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre, Box 977, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

1988 (English)

Tanzania Food Composition Tables

Zohra Lukmanji AND Ellen Hertzmark, Nicolas Mlingi, Vincent Assey, Godwin Ndossi, Wafaie Fawzi

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam - Tanzania and Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC), Dar es Salaam - Tanzania and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, USA.

2008 (English)

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Togo

Table de Composition des Aliments du Togo

J Perissè, S Le Berre, Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer, Yaound

Ann Nutr Alim, Vol XI, pp 70-89

1957 19 pp (French)

Tunisia

Enquêtes Alimentaires en Tunisie

Extrait du Bulletin Economique et Social de la Tunisie, 1952,

Imprimerie la Rapide, Tunis

1952* 63 pp(French)

Table de Composition Des Aliments Tunisiens

Zambia

Tables of the Values of Zambian Foodstuffs

F Mayala, Natural Resources Development College

The Public Relations Unit of the National Food and Nutrition Commission, Lusaka

1971 21 pp (English)

Zimbabwe

Nutritive Value of Foods of Zimbabwe

Chitsiku, I.C.

1989 in Zambezia 16 (i):67-97 (English)

Contact: Publications Office, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP 167, Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe Fax 263-4-333407 or Tel 263-4-303211