Elemental and Proximate Compositions of Sesame Seeds and the Underlying Soil from Tsegede, Ethiopia

Table 3

Comparison of the proximate composition (%w/w dry weight) of white sesame seeds from different countries.

Characteristics	Sample origin
	Congo	Nigeria	Turkey	China	Ethiopia
Moisture	5.7 ± 0.24	5.2 ± 0.35	4.40 ± 0.05	4.71 ± 1.34	5.67 ± 0.21
Ash	3.7 ± 0.92	3.6 ± 0.02	4.41 ± 0.05	4.32 ± 2.41`	4.57 ± 0.50
Crude fiber	3.2 ± 0.22	2.6 ± 0.02	—	—	4.03 ± 0.56
Crude fat	54 ± 0.16	48.0 ± 0.55	54.26 ± 0.99	52.61 ± 0.87	49.86 ± 1.43
Crude protein	20 ± 0.12	11.6 ± 0.15	21.0 ± 0.09	22.20 ± 0.67	22.19 ± 0.84
Carbohydrate	13.4	29.0 ± 0.25	—	15.54 ± 0.74	13.69 ± 1.72
Ref.	[15]	[17]	[18]	[19]	This study

Average values across the three production areas studied. Data have been recalculated to the fresh weight basis using the determined moisture content values.