Food consumption in the Canary Islands: nutritional implications of food imports and local production

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Table 4 Composition of diet (grams per person and day)

	NFC^a 2013–2017	CDC^b 2000–2003	ENCA^c 1997–1998
Edible tubers, legumes, vegetables and fruits	633.12	915.08	498.50
Cereals and preparations of cereals	219.97	110.97	125.30
Milk, cheese and other dairy products	344.62	609.28	390.70
Eggs	30.39	16.06	25.10
Meat and preparations of meat	167.52	171.45	105.10
Fisheries and preparations of fisheries	95.04	41.94	45.80
Oils and fats	45.31	17.58	27.90
Sugar. cocoa preparations and sugar confectionery	33.64	49.80	81.90
Miscellany	51.76	7.68	14.50
Non alcoholic beverages	1025.15	1375.70	590.50
Alcoholic beverages	307.93	92.21	62.80
Total	2954.46	3407.75	1968.10

^a Prepared by authors from official statistics on local production and external trade for the five-year period 2013–2017
^b CDC 2000–2003 (compiled by the authors on the basis of (7))
^c ENCA 1997–1998 (compiled by the authors on the basis of (4) and (7)

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