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Estimated consumption of wheat flour and maize meal in Sub-Saharan African countries*

Country	Wheat Flour g/day	Maize meal g/day
Angola	49	72
Benin	21	126
Botswana	64	95
Burundi	5	43
Cameroon	27	96
Cape Verde	107	125
Central African Rep	19	42
Congo, Democratic Rep	14	43
Chad	13	24
Cote d'Ivoire	33
Eritrea	118
Ethiopia	54
Gabon	101	16
Gambia	60	19
Ghana	23	81
Guinea	22	21
Kenya	46
Lesotho	88	286
Liberia	78
Madagascar	12
Malawi	15
Mali	11	62
Mauritius	185
Mozambique	28	108
Namibia	50	139
Niger	10
Nigeria	26	54
Rwanda	7	49
Sao Tome and Principe	96
Senegal	49	19
Seychelles	143
Sierra Leone	28	54
Somalia	12	41
South Africa	123	204
Sudan	69
Swaziland	68	149
Tanzania	17
Togo	20	129
Uganda	7	61
Zambia	22	263
Zimbabwe	50	242
Sub-Saharan Africa	32	79

Notes:

*Based on FAO food balance sheet data for 1997-2000. Estimates only. Data should be compared with country-specific information before being used to estimate fortification levels.

Source: Fortification Handbook

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