Nutritional and Phytochemical Study of Ilex paraguariensis Fruits

Table 1

Proximate composition of the fruits of Ilex paraguariensis.

Composition	g/100 g raw fruit, dry weight
Moisture	5.9±0.1
Ash	3.8± 0.2
Protein (𝑁×6.25)	5.5±0.1
Lipid yield	4.5± 0.3
Total dietary fiber (TDF)	42.0±1.6
Insoluble dietary fiber (IDF)	37.6 ±1.3
Soluble dietary fiber (SDF)	4.4 ±0.3
Carbohydrate	38.3 ±1.2

Results are expressed as the Means ± SEM of three experiments performed in triplicates. The fiber content has been corrected for protein and ash. The carbohydrate was defined as the residue, excluding protein, lipid, TDF, and ash, and was calculated by difference as follows:
Carbohydrate content = 100 − (% moisture + % ash + % Protein + % lipid + % TDF).