This study was initiated with an aim of studying the food consumption of the rural population in the current context of the territory of Kipushi in Katanga province. Its objective was to characterize food consumption of the population of Mimbulu. It was a question of identifying and of quantifying food, of identifying the local measurement units and converting them into weight units. To arrive there, 80 people, generally women were questioned during the investigations. The combination of the qualitative and quantitative methods was important in this study to leave people interviewed express their opinions on their food modes. The results obtained show that the maize ''fufu'' constitutes fundamental meal and it is generally accompanied by the cassava leaves, marrow leaves, sweet potato leaves, amaranth and the fish. The consumed quantity of maize by household is 1711 grams per day or 244 grams per person per day. These leafy vegetables indicated above are consumed by order of 88 g, 93g, 78 g and 86 g per day by person. The quantity of food is estimated at by the rural people in terms of local measuring units (mbeketi, kwaker sipa) and in bunch or heap for vegetables. To analyze the safety and the food consumption of rural household returns to think or If need be to explore temporally the complexity and the diversity of the family farms, mail source of food in rural area.