SOVIET DIET STANDBYS: CEREALS AND POTATOES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00274R000300150010-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 17, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 9, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NEW YORK TINES
9 JANUARY 1983
Soviet Diet.Standbys:
Cereals and Potatoes
Speeialto?beNewYorYTimee .
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8-A study by
the Central Intelligence Agency on the
Soviet economy showed that the aver-
age Soviet diet contains far more
grains and potatoes than the Amen-
can diet and far less fish and meat.
The study, prepared for a commit-
tee of Congress, said the average Rus-
sian consumes almost the same num-
ber of calories a day as the average
American, '3,300 for the Russian as
against 3,520 for the American.
But grain cereals and potatoes
make up 44 percent of the Russian
diet, as against only 26 percent of what
the average American eats, the study
said. Meat and fish represent 21 per-
cent of the American diet but only 8
percent of the Russian's diet, it said.
Otherwise, except for sugar, the
diets are almost identical: Fats and
oils made up 17 percent of the Soviet
diet and 18 percent of the American;
dairy products and eggs, 11 percent of
the Soviet and 12 percent of the Ameri-
can; sugar, 13 percent. of the Soviet
and 17 percent of the American; other
foods, 7 percent of the Soviet and 6
percent of the American diet.
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