Table 3 South Africa food items by protein and phosphate contents and suggested portion sizes for adult dialysis patients

Beef stew with Vegetables

60 g/¼ cup

Pilchards

30 g/1 Large/2 Small

Fish paste

Very high in sodium

Bobotie (regular mince)

40 g/1 heaped tbsp^a

Cheese

30 g/size of matchbox

Cheese spread or wedges

high in phosphate and sodium

Tuna (canned in oil or brine)

30 g/¼ cup

Egg

1 extra large

Feta

high in phosphate and sodium

Chicken

30 g/1 small drumstick

Liver

30 g/1 Chicken Liver/size of small matchbox

Marmite or Bovril

High in phosphate, sodium and potassium

Chicken stew with vegetables

60 g/¼ cup

Bacon High Na

30 g/3 Rashers

Nuts

high in phosphate and potassium

Cottage cheese

60 g/2 heaped tbsp.

Biryani

2 heaped large spoons

Bokkoms

Very high in sodium

Cottage pie (regular mince)

50 g/2 heaped dessert spoons

Peanut butter

2 level dessertspoons

Offal

Very high in fat

Fish (snoek, butterfish, herring)

30 g/size of ½ hand palm

Milk

½ cup

Kidneys (Beef)

30 g/3 heaped tbsp.

Baked beans

2 heaped tablespoons

Kidneys (mutton)

1 kidney

Lasagne (lean mince)

75 g

Meatballs (regular mince)

30 g/1 small meatball

Mince

30 g/3 level dessertspoons

Mutton stew with vegetables

60 g/¼ cup

Patty, beef, grilled

40 g/1 small

Spaghetti Bolognaise, lean mince

75 g

Biltong High Na

20 g/6 slices

Chicken pie High Na

70 g/1 small square

Corned meat, canned High Na

30 g/2 thin slices

Polony/cold meat(10cmdiameter) High Na

60 g/4 thin slices

Salami/Russian (5 cm diameter) High Na

30 g/5 thin slices

Sausage, Boerewors, thick High Na

60 g/10 cm piece

Viennas High Na

70 g/2 large