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Table 12 Number of servings represented in one PDP sample for selected high-consumption foods in the U.S

From: Tracking pesticide residues and risk levels in individual samples—insights and applications

Food (PDP year)

Apples (2016)

Peaches and nectarines (2015)

Strawberries (2016)

Kale (2018)

Sweet peppers (2019)

Tomatoes (2016)

Annual consumption per Capita (lbs)

18.5

2.80

6.80

0.900

10.4

17.3

U.S. population (million)

322.2

321.0

323.3

326.9

328.5

323.2

Total annual U.S. consumption (million lbs)

5961

899

2198

294

3416

5591

PDP sample size (lbs)

5

5

5

3

5

5

Total annual number of 5-pound samples (million)

1192

180

440

98

683

1118

Single serving size (grams)

99.3

100

96

56.7

61.3

96

Number of servings in one 5-pound sample

22.8

22.7

23.6

24.0

37.0

23.6

Number of servings per year represented by one PDP sample

27,230,411

4,076,609

10,387,165

2,353,813

25,277,973

26,415,544

Number of servings per day represented by one PDP sample

74,604

11,169

28,458

6449

69,255

72,371