Research Article

Influence of Processing Methods on Proximate Composition and Dieting of Two Amaranthus Species from West Cameroon

Table 1

Ingredient and composition of diets.

Ingredients (g/100ā€‰g)Diets
D0DIDIIDIIIIVDV

Corn starch151515151515
Corn oil555555
Mineral complex444444
Vitamin complex111111
Cellulose7.97.97.97.97.97.9
Protein sourceā€”13.3732.331.430.138.9
Sucrose67.153.7334.835.73728.2
Total100100100100100100

D0: protein-free diet, DI: egg white (protein reference) diet, DII: sun-dried and unsliced A. hybridus diet, DIII: cooked and sliced A. hybridus, DIV: sun-dried and unsliced A. cruentus, and DV: cooked and sliced A. cruentus.