The Nutritional Facts of Bamboo Shoots and Their Usage as Important Traditional Foods of Northeast India

Table 2

Nutrient content of freshly harvested shoots of some bamboo species [7–9].

Nutrients	B. bamboos	B. nutans	B. polymorpha	B. tulda	B. vulgaris	D. asper	D. giganteus	D. strictus
Amino acids (g/100 g)	3.98	3.89	3.42	3.65	3.57	3.12	3.96	3.07
Protein (g/100 g)	3.57	2.84	3.64	3.69	3.64	3.59	3.11	2.60
Carbohydrate (g/100 g)	5.42	5.47	5.44	6.92	6.51	4.90	5.10	6.17
Fats  (g/100 g)	0.50	0.40	0.46	0.48	0.50	0.40	0.39	0.33
Fibres (g/100 g)	4.49	2.28	3.81	3.97	4.24	3.54	2.60	2.26
Vitamin C (mg/100 g)	1.90	1.19	2.60	1.42	4.80	3.20	3.28	2.43
Vitamin E (mg/100 g)	0.61	0.47	0.49	0.61	0.52	0.91	0.69	0.58
Calcium (mg/100 g)	0.36	1500	180.69	1300	320	5.51	26.93	139.5
Phosphorus (mg/100 g)	30.12	900	15.06	700	220	40.95	12.57	58.13
Iron (mg/100 g)	3.00	-	1.53	1.57	-	3.37	1.06	2.91
Sodium (mg/100 g)	10.10	-	-	12.96	400	10.14	3.64	0.08
Potassium (mg/100 gm)	-	30.0	-	20.0	920	464	275	-
Magnesium (mg/100 gm)	5.38	40.0	-	40.0	100	10.14	9.57	0.17

Note: Hyphen (-) in table indicates authentic data not available for the particular bamboo species.