NIGERIAN FOOD COMPOSITION TABLE

Version 1.0

22 SEPTEMBER 2017

R.A. SANUSI Ph.D Center of Excellence for Food Composition Studies in Nigeria

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

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Food Composition Database (FCD)- electronic copy

Food Composition Table (FCT) - hard copy

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Reliable Data in Food Composition is useful in:

Nutrition and Health Assessment

Formulation of Appropriate dietary guidelines for various groups

Nutrition Education

Food and Nutrition training

Epidemiological research: diet and disease

Plant breeding

Nutrition labelling

Food regulations

Consumer protection

Agric goods and products

Research and Development and Trade

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As at 2016, there is no comprehensive Nigeria Food Composition Table/Database

that is published. However there are many previous works on nutrient

content of Nigerian foods.

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Examples include:

2012 1995

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Food Composition table for Use in Africa (FAO and US DHEW, 1968)

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Food Composition Tables & Databases are commonly available in the developed countries of the world

Nutrient Composition of Foods Sanders College Publishing @ ESHA Research

Food values of portions commonly used 17th ed, 1997, Pennington

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Country-specific Food Composition Tables

Zambia Uganda South Africa

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The Nigerian Food Composition Table

Technical Proposal submitted to Nestle Nigeria Ltd

Upgrading and Software Development for the 1995

Nigerian Food Composition Table of Commonly Consumed Foods - Raw, Processed and

Prepared

By The Department of Human Nutrition, University of Ibadan (Center of Excellence for Food Composition activities in Nigeria)

24/09/2012

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Memorandum of Understanding(MOU)

Between

Nestle Nigeria Plc and

1. University of Ibadan 2. Registered trustees of Food Basket Foundation International

On the 12th of April, 2013

Content Recruitment of Compilers from

the Six geo-poloitical Zones.

Training of Compilers.

Review and Compilation of Food Compositional data in the different geopolitical zones.

National review to harmonize reports.

Compilation of institutions and researchers working in the area of food composition.

Computerization of the database.

Publication of the Upgraded Food Composition Table.

FIRST STEP A 3-day workshop

Held at Ibadan

From 3rd to 5th December

2013

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A presentation was made to inform the Nutrition Society on the need & the process of Compilation of the NFCD. Calabar 2013 Owerri 2014 Eko 2015 Markurdi 2016 IBADAN 2017

Version 1 is now ready........but the the process for a

more COMPREHENSIVE Version 2 is continous.

There is a need for cooperative support of ALL by sending Food Data on Nigerian Foods.

Strategies for Food Data Harvest 11

Expert meetings

Technical meetings were held;

to evaluate draft

document

To migrate from REF database to USER DB

To present the full Table and preview internet version.

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Use of the FAO Compiler tool

What is the FAO compiler tool? Created by the FAO/INFOODS for the sole purpose of food data compilation. It is free. How useful? It is the gold standard for food data compilation and was the tool used to produce the WAFCT 2012 The use of the tool was suggested at the February consultation meeting.

It is a 16 sheet Excel workbook which provides a 3 stage compilation process using the Archival, Reference and User databases.

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THE TOOL as of Now

1.Archival DB 2.Reference DB 3.User DB

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The USER DB(final stop of compilation) contains 29 nutrients of 285 foods in 16 Food Groups from 217 References. Data was borrowed from two existing databases namely; 1. United States Department of Agriculture(USDA) and 2. West African Food Composition Table(WAFCT)

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Summary of Foods in the User DB 1 Cereals & Grain Products 29 2 Starchy Roots and Tubers 41 3 Grain Legumes and Products 21 4 Nuts and Seeds 24 5 Vegetables and Products 47 6 Fruits 17 7 Sugars and syrups and Sweets 3 8 Meat and Poultry 28 9 Egg and Products 11

10 Fish and Prooducts 19 11 Milk and Products 9 12 Fats and oils 4 13 Beverages 2 14 Miscellaneous 6 15 Condiments and Spices 10 16 Drinks 14

Total 285

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Next steps………

Need for more contribution

Preparation and Funding of Version 2

Launching of Hard copy and Softcopy(including Database)

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Nestle Nigeria PLC for funding Nigeria Foods Database Network for data harvesting

National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and

Control (NAFDAC)

Federal Institute for Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO)

World Bank-assisted STEP-B for inputs FAO/INFOODS for technical advice

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