Abstract:
Street foods were sampled from 12 vending sites around construction sites and
industrial areas in Nairobi. The foods were analyzed for proximate composi-
tion and assessed for their contribution to energy and protein RDAs to the
manual workers. It was established that the foods were sold mainly as meals
which could be described as githeri-based, ugali-based or rice-based and that
the main side dishes were matumbo, bean stew, greengram stew, potato/beef
stew and stewed vegetables. The meals were of diverse energy contents and
provided energy RDAs between 16.8-36.7% for age group 18-30 years and
17.8-38.3% for age group 30-60 years. Except for chapati+stewed vegetables
all the meals provided more than 50% protein RDA to all consumers.