Food Composition Tables - Middle East

Arabian Gulf States | Bahrain | Cyprus | Egypt | Israel | Iran | Kuwait | Middle/Near East | Saudi Arabia | Turkey

Arabian Gulf States
Composition of Mixed Dishes Commonly Consumed in the Arabian Gulf States
AO Musaiger, P Sungpuag
Ecology of Food and Nutrition, Vol 16, pp 153-60
1984* 8 pp (English)

Bahrain
Food Composition Tables for Use in Bahrain
AO Musaiger, ZS Al-Dallal, Nutrition Unit, Public Health Directorate
Ministry of Health, Manama
1st ed 1985* iv+75 pp (English with Arabic)

Nutritive Value of Foods
AO Musaiger, ZS Aldallal
Ministry of Health, Manama
1987* 36 pp (Arabic)

Cyprus
Food Composition Tables - Second Edition
S. Yiannopoulos, H. Frenaritou, R. Kokkinofta, R. Argyrides and D. Akkelidou
Ministry of Health, State General Laboratory, Nicosia
December 1999 102 pp (English)

Egypt
1975 food composition table ("obsolete")
sent 30 Sept 1983 by M.A. Hussain.
photocopy, 11 pp. Arabic with a few words hand-written in English

(see also Africa)

Food Composition Tables for Egypt
Nutrition Institute, A.R.E.
1996* 115 pp (English)

Israel
Food Composition Table
1980* 97 pp (Hebrew)

Characteristics of Israeli Citrus Juice
E Cohen
Institute of Quality Control and Extension Services for the Food Industry, Tel Aviv
1982* 23 pp (English)

Characteristics of Israeli Citrus Juice.
E Cohen, R Hoenig, R Sharon, L Volman.
Flussiges Obst, Heft 4
1983, pp. 188, 190-198. (German with English)

Iran
Traditional and Traditional Fermented Foods in Iran: 1- Fars Province
Mahin Azar, Azadeh Aminpour
National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute
1998, 57 pp (English)

Kuwait
Composition and Protein Quality of Food Consumed in Kuwait
N Eid, S Al-Hooti, M Allam, N Bourisly, Bio-Technology Department, Food Resources Division, Food Technology Group
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, PO Box 24885, Safad
1982* 135 pp (English)

Saudi Arabia
Click here for a listing of journal articles and other publications on food composition and contaminants in Saudi Arabia.

Middle/Near East
Food Composition Tables for Use in the Middle East
PL Pellet, S Shadarevian
American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
2nd ed 1970* 116 pp (English)

Food Composition Tables for Use in the Middle East.
Publication No. 20, April 1963,
Division of Food Technology and Nutrition, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
1963 & 1964*, 48 pp. (reprinted December 1964.).(English)

Food Composition Tables for the Near East
FAO, Rome; USDA, Washington, DC
1982* x + 265 pp (English)
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Turkey
Gida Komposizyon Cetvelleri
O Koksal, A Baysal
School of Public Health, Ankara
1966 (Turkish)

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