Table 3

Nutrients content of 100 g beef stew analyzed against three food composition tables: Local, country specific PURE-USDA, and Zimbabwe-USDA food composition tables
Country
 Energy/kcal
 Protein/g
 Fat/g
 CHO/g
 Ca/mg
 P/mg
 Fe/mg
 K/mg
 Na/mg
 VitA/Req
 VitC/mg
 Folate/ mg
Argentina
Local
 131
 10
 2.3
 12.6
 26.6
 50.6
 0.8
 346
 366
 NA
 16.1
 NA
PURE-USDA
 118
 5.6
 5.9
 11
 16.5
 83
 0.7
 357
 364
 49.6
 16.9
 13.8
Zimbabwe-USDA
 114
 7.2
 4.0
 12.5
 14.4
 71.6
 1.2
 346
 367
 46
 13.1
 5.0
Brazil
Local
 371
 7.2
 29
 20.4
 27.7
 67.4
 1.9
 18.4*
 305.3
 9.7
 1.5
 1.2
PURE-USDA
 303
 7.7
 22
 19.2
 36.2
 95.1
 1.3
 309
 443.6
 0.03
 1.3
 33.5
Zimbabwe-USDA
 300
 1.4
 21.8
 19.3
 21.8
 101.5
 1.2
 264.9
 443.4
 0.03
 0.7
 46.3
Zimbabwe
Local
 225
 12.7
 18.4
 2
 12.6
 78.2
 1.8
 187
 1007
 37.7
 4.9
 9.5
PURE-USDA
 161.3
 18.3
 8.4
 2.
 11.2
 109
 2.1
 201.6
 1007
 4.6
 2.45
 7.7
UAE











USDA
 167.5
 11.8
 10.7
 5.6
 12.7
 75.6
 1.4
 210
 221.2
 2.2
 6.17
 7.5
Zimbabwe-USDA
 106.3
 11.7
 4.02
 5.4
 11.2
 79
 1.5
 219
 200.3
 2.8
 5.05
 6.5

* Potassium (K) for beans is not available on Brazil FCT this might be the major source of underestimation

Merchant and Dehghan Nutrition Journal 2006 5:2   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-5-2