Rationing In Various Countries
(Written for "The Listener’
bv DR.
MURIEL
BELL
Nutritionist to the |
Health Department)
HE following figures for 1942 may T be of interest as indicating the number of calories Or heat units per day provided the foods that are rationed in various countries involved in the war. Since these were published, further rationing has been introduced, e.8*, in USA ~~hence they probably err on the side of optimism: BREAD AND CEREALS (loz. of cereal provides about 100 calories ) Denmark 975 Bulgaria 910 Germany 820 Czechoslovakia 810 Netherlands 750 France 715 Italy 700 Norway 670 Finland 660 Turkey 610 Spain 385 Greece 365 MEAT (loz : 50 to 150 calories, depending on the amount of fat) United Kingdom 235 Switze-land 150 Germany 110 Czechosiovakia 110 Croatia 110 Sweden 105 Belgium 95 France 65 Italy 60 Poland 45 Finland 25 POTATOES (1 smallish potato of 402. provides 110 cals. ) Netherlands 430 Belgium 400 Germany 280 France 105 Italy 30 FATS (loz. contains 225 calories ) Romania 375 Denmark 330 Sweden 265 United Kingdom 235 Switzerland 230 Germany 225 Spain 220 Norway 165 France 105 Italy 100 Belgium 95 Poland 30 SUGAR (loz.: 116 calories) Denmark 245 Sweden 230 Ireland 190 New Zealand 190 Czechoslovakia 140 United States 120 Canada 120 United Kingdom 120 Germany 120 Switzerland 70 Italy 60 France 60 Poland 55 Serbia 40 by
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 236, 31 December 1943, Page 15
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226Rationing In Various Countries New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 236, 31 December 1943, Page 15
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