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Therefore, this review aims at presenting the current knowledge on folate contents in various African foods, and on folate losses during food processing. Seventy one food sources were evaluated in this study. These various food sources included thirty six vegetables, six cereals, height cereal products, six processed leafy vegetables, six pulses, three fruits, three legumes and three roots. All of them were originated from six African countries including Burkina Faso, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa. Folate content ranged between 11 and 73.4\u00a0\u03bcg\/100\u00a0g in cereals, 1.8 and 39\u00a0\u03bcg\/100\u00a0g in cereal-based processed foods, 8.48 and 48.6\u00a0\u03bcg\/100\u00a0g in cooked leafy vegetables, 11.6 and 633\u00a0\u03bcg\/100\u00a0g in vegetables, 10 and 22\u00a0\u03bcg\/100\u00a0g in pulses, 52 and 148\u00a0\u03bcg\/100\u00a0g in legumes, 8 and 106\u00a0\u03bcg\/100\u00a0g in fruits. 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