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Nigeria

Foods by Category - 143 Foods
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bread
pasta
rice
rice pancake

Foods made from grains

bread maize meal (pap)pasta (spaghetti)rice rice meal (tuwo / nri-eserese)rice pancake (masa)semolina meal (semo)wheat couscous (couscous)
maize
maize and beans dish
red rice

Whole grains

maize (corn)maize and beans dish (egbo / dambu)red rice (Ofada rice)whole grain porridge (Porridge)
cassava
plantain
white sweet potato

White roots, tubers, and plantains

cassava (abacha, cassava)cassava meal (fufu, lafun)dried cassava (gari)plantain white sweet potato (Sweet potatoes that are white inside)yam yam meal (black amala)
beans

Legumes

African yam beans Bambara groundnuts beans (other local beans)cowpea meal (moin moin)cowpeas (Beans)pigeon peas soy products (awara from soy)
carrots
pumpkin
squash

Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables

carrots pumpkin squash (squash that is orange inside)sweet potatoes that are orange inside
amaranth
cowpea leaves
jute mallow
sweet potato leaves
water leaves

Dark green leafy vegetables

African jointfir (afang / okazi)amaranth (green)baobab leaves (kuka)bitter leaf (bitter leaves)celosia (soko leaves)cowpea leaves eggplant leaves (garden egg leaves)fluted pumpkin leaves (pumpkin leaves)hibiscus leaves (green) (zobo leaves)jute mallow (Ewedu / ayoyo)sesame leaves (karkashi)sweet potato leaves water leaves
African eggplant
cucumber
okra
tomatoes

Other vegetables

African eggplant (garden eggs)cabbage cucumber green beans green pepper okra (okro)tomatoes
cantaloupe
mango
papaya

Vitamin A-rich fruits

cantaloupe (golden melon)locust bean fruit mango papaya (pawpaw)
grapefruit
mandarin
orange

Citrus

grapefruit mandarin (tangerine)orange
apple
avocado
banana
cashew fruit
coconut flesh
dates
guava
pineapple
soursop
watermelon

Other fruits

African elemi African plum (African bush pear)African star apple (African cherry)apple avocado (avocado pear)banana cashew fruit coconut flesh dates guava pineapple soursop watermelon
cakes
cookies
donuts
traditional sweets
wafers

Baked / grain-based sweets

cakes cookies (cookies, sweet biscuits)donuts (puff puff)traditional sweets (chin chin)wafers
candy
chocolates
ice cream

Other sweets

candy (Sweets)chocolates groundnut brittle (sisi pelebe)ice cream sesame brittle
eggs

Eggs

breaded fried egg (egg rolls)eggs
cheese

Cheese

cheese (dairy cheese)farmer's cheese (Wara from milk)
yogurt

Yogurt

fermented milk (nono, fermented milk)fermented milk with grains (fura de nono)yogurt
dried meat
hot dogs

Processed meats

corned beef dried meat (kilishi)hot dogs sausage (Sausages)
beef
goat
organ meat

Unprocessed red meat (ruminant)

beef (Cow meat)goat (goat meat)organ meat (any organs from these animals)sheep (ram meat)
pork
rabbit

Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminant)

bush meat dog (dog meat)pork (Pig meat)rabbit
chicken
duck
turkey

Poultry

chicken duck guinea fowl pigeon quail turkey

Fish and seafood

Fish or seafood (Fish, canned fish, crab, prawns, shrimp)
breadfruit seeds
cashews
peanuts
walnuts

Nuts and seeds

African mango seeds (ogbono)breadfruit seeds cashews peanuts (Groundnuts)squash seeds (melon seeds)walnuts

Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks

Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks (Packaged potato chips, such as, Pringles, packaged plantain chips)
instant noodles

Instant noodles

instant noodles (Instant noodles, Indomie, Chikki)
bean fritters
fried fish
fried plantain
fried sweet potato

Deep fried foods

bean fritters (akara)breaded fried egg (egg roll)fried fish fried meat fried plantain fried sweet potato fried yam samosa or spring rolls
milk

Fluid milk

including milk milk powder (powdered milk)
chocolate drinks
coffee with sugar
tea with sugar

Sweet tea/coffee/cocoa

chocolate drinks (choco drink, Milo or Bournvita)coffee with sugar (coffee with sugar, 3-in-1)tea with sugar
fruit juice
hibiscus drink

Fruit juice and fruit drinks

fruit drinks (fruit flavoured drinks)fruit juice hibiscus drink (zobo)millet drink (kunu)
energy drinks
soft drinks

Sugar-sweetened beverages (soft drinks, energy drinks, sports drinks)

carbonated malt drinks (malt drinks)energy drinks (energy drinks such as Red Bull)soft drinks (Soft drinks, Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, chapman)

Fast food

Fast food (Mr. Biggs, Big Treat, Domino's, KFC, Tantalizer, other places that serve meat pie, chicken pie, pizza or burgers)

Insects and other small protein foods

African palm weevil larva beetles caterpillars crickets grasshoppers locusts termites