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Table 15. Per caput food supply in the Philippines in 19921

Commodity

Per year
Total
(kg)

Per day

Grams

Calories

Protein (g)

Cereals and cereal products

133.2

375.7

1387.5

32.1


Rice

90.0

246.6

841.0

17.0


Corn grits (milled)

15.1

41.2

143.1

33.0


Corn (shelled)

0.9

2.4

3.6

0.1

Starchy roots and tubers

22.5

61.6

85.5

0.8


Sweet potato

9.8

26.7

32.1

0.3


Cassava

7.4

20.3

27.9

0.2


Cassava starch and flour

1.8

4.8

17.5

0.1


Gabi

1.4

3.8

3.3

0.1


Irish potato

0.9

2.6

1.8

0.1

Sugars, syrups and honey

22.8

62.4

236.5

0.0


Refined sugar

18.4

50.4

194.9

0.0


Panocha and muscovado

1.2

3.2

11.7

0.0


Sugarcane

0.5

1.3

0.6

0.0

Pulses, nuts, and oilseeds

8.0

22.0

50.4

2.3


Dried beans

1.1

3.1

11.2

1.0


Peanut

0.5

1.2

4.1

0.2


Mung bean

0.6

1.6

5.2

0.3


Coconut (nut terms)

5.1

13.9

22.9

0.5


Cashew and pili

0.2

0.5

2.2

0.1

Vegetables

30.6

83.9

34.3

2.0


Leafy and yellow vegetables

12.9

35.4

8.5

0.7


Leguminous pods

3.3

9.0

4.5

0.3


Tomatoes

1.9

5.1

1.1

0.0


Other fresh vegetables

11.8

32.3

15.2

0.7


Processed vegetables

0.8

2.1

4.9

0.2

Fruits

65.0

178.2

121.1

1.3


Banana

13.8

37.8

24.2

0.3


Citrus

2.4

6.7

1.5

0.0


Other Vitamin C-rich fruits

11.6

31.7

18.1

0.3


Processed fruits

9.2

25.1

39.7

0.3

Fats and oils

5.5

15.0

127.4

0.0


Vegetable cooking oil, shortening, lard and margarine

4.1

11.3

99.6

0.0


Butter

0.7

2.1

14.8

0.0

Meat and products

23.3

63.8

117.1

8.2


Pork

10.1

27.6

72.9

3.3


Chicken

6.3

17.3

16.6

2.0


Beef

1.4

3.9

5.5

0.6


Carabao meat

0.8

2.2

1.8

0.4


Chevon (goat)

0.4

1.2

1.0

0.2


Other meats, organ meats and offals

3.7

10.3

16.0

1.6


Processed meat

4.3

11.7

24.0

2.6

Eggs

3.2

8.7

12.6

0.9


Eggs, chicken

2.6

7.2

10.3

0.8


Eggs, duck

0.5

1.5

2.3

0.2

Fish and other marine products

36.7

100.5

79.0

11.9


Fresh fish

18.9

51.8

28.5

5.1


Crustaceans

1.2

3.2

1.7

0.3


Molluscs

3.2

8.7

3.5

0.5


Processed

12.3

33.6

43.7

5.7

Milk and milk products

2.8

7.6

22.7

1.6


Powdered milk

0.2

0.4

2.0

0.1


Fresh milk

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.0


Dry skimmed milk

0.2

0.6

2.4

0.2


Cheese

0.1

0.2

0.6

0.0

Grand total

389.8

1067.9

2501.2

68.4


Vegetable produce

319.6

875.7

2245.7

43.3


Animal produce

70.2

192.3

255.4

25.1


Grand total excluding alcohol

385.6

1056.3

2493.6

68.4

Source: National Statistical Coordination Board (unpublished data)

1 based on July 1992 population of 64,902,000


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