Dietary Life of Female Taiwanese Workers through the Number of the Consumed Food Items

Abstract

The number of food items consumed might increase in accordance with the number of meals and would reach the saturation point or the maximum number. This analysis was applied to the food items consumed by 26 female Taiwanese workers for 3 consecutive days in April, 1992. 238 food items were consumed. The theoretical maximum food items consumed were 306. The average number of food items consumed was 11.3 in a meal, and 26.4 in a day. By the ABC analysis 16 food items occupied 50% of all the food items consumed. A seasoning of monosodium glutamate, powder of dogtooth violet, garlic, sesame oil, Jew's-ear and so on were highly consumed, indicating that an art of seasoning seemed a favorite cooking way in Taiwan.