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de Bruyn J, Ferguson E, Allman-Farinelli M, et al. Food composition tables in resource-poor settings: exploring current limitations and opportunities, with a focus on animal-source foods in sub-Saharan Africa. Br J Nutr. 2016;1-11doi: 10.1017/S0007114516003706.
de Bruyn, J., Ferguson, E., Allman-Farinelli, M., Darnton-Hill, I., Maulaga, W., Msuya, J., & Alders, R. (2016). Food composition tables in resource-poor settings: exploring current limitations and opportunities, with a focus on animal-source foods in sub-Saharan Africa. The British journal of nutrition, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114516003706
de Bruyn, Julia, et al. "Food composition tables in resource-poor settings: exploring current limitations and opportunities, with a focus on animal-source foods in sub-Saharan Africa." The British journal of nutrition vol. (2016): 1-11. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114516003706
de Bruyn J, Ferguson E, Allman-Farinelli M, Darnton-Hill I, Maulaga W, Msuya J, Alders R. Food composition tables in resource-poor settings: exploring current limitations and opportunities, with a focus on animal-source foods in sub-Saharan Africa. Br J Nutr. 2016 Nov 08;1-11. doi: 10.1017/S0007114516003706. Epub 2016 Nov 08. PMID: 27821202; PMCID: PMC5197453.
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Br J Nutr. 2016 Nov 08;1-11. doi: 10.1017/S0007114516003706. Epub 2016 Nov 08.

Food composition tables in resource-poor settings: exploring current limitations and opportunities, with a focus on animal-source foods in sub-Saharan Africa.

The British journal of nutrition

Julia de Bruyn, Elaine Ferguson, Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Ian Darnton-Hill, Wende Maulaga, John Msuya, Robyn Alders

Affiliations

  1. 1Faculty of Veterinary Science,University of Sydney,Sydney,NSW 2006,Australia.
  2. 4London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,London WC1E 7HT,UK.
  3. 2Charles Perkins Centre,University of Sydney,Sydney,NSW 2006,Australia.
  4. 6Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency,Dar es Salaam,Tanzania.
  5. 7Sokoine University of Agriculture,Morogoro,Tanzania.

PMID: 27821202 PMCID: PMC5197453 DOI: 10.1017/S0007114516003706

Abstract

Animal-source foods (ASF) have the potential to enhance the nutritional adequacy of cereal-based diets in low- and middle-income countries, through the provision of high-quality protein and bioavailable micronutrients. The development of guidelines for including ASF in local diets requires an understanding of the nutrient content of available resources. This article reviews food composition tables (FCT) used in sub-Saharan Africa, examining the spectrum of ASF reported and exploring data sources for each reference. Compositional data are shown to be derived from a small number of existing data sets from analyses conducted largely in high-income nations, often many decades previously. There are limitations in using such values, which represent the products of intensively raised animals of commercial breeds, as a reference in resource-poor settings where indigenous breed livestock are commonly reared in low-input production systems, on mineral-deficient soils and not receiving nutritionally balanced feed. The FCT examined also revealed a lack of data on the full spectrum of ASF, including offal and wild foods, which correspond to local food preferences and represent valuable dietary resources in food-deficient settings. Using poultry products as an example, comparisons are made between compositional data from three high-income nations, and potential implications of differences in the published values for micronutrients of public health significance, including Fe, folate and vitamin A, are discussed. It is important that those working on nutritional interventions and on developing dietary recommendations for resource-poor settings understand the limitations of current food composition data and that opportunities to improve existing resources are more actively explored and supported.

Keywords: ASF animal-source food; FCT food composition table; INFOODS International Network on Food Data Systems; LMIC low- and middle-income countries; Animal-source foods; Food composition tables; Food security; Nutrition-sensitive interventions; Under-nutrition

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