Botanical Origin and Nutritional Values of Bee Bread of Stingless Bee (Heterotrigona itama) from Malaysia

Table 3

Sugar content (fructose, glucose, sucrose, and maltose) in bee bread samples.

Sampling	Fructose (g/100 g)	Glucose (g/100 g)	Sucrose (g/100 g)	Maltose (g/100 g)
Ladang 10 UPM	1.488 ± 0.140^a	10.270 ± 0.140^a	1.984 ± 0.001^a	0.794 ± 0.001^c
MAEPS	0.795 ± 0.000^b	11.830 ± 1.550^a	1.293 ± 0.141^b	1.491 ± 0.140^b
Rinching Hilir	0.396 ± 0.000^b	11.700 ± 1.960^a	0.595 ± 0.000^c	0.694 ± 0.140^c
Batang Benar	1.296 ± 0.141^a	12.397 ± 0.980^a	2.094 ± 0.141^a	1.994 ± 0.000^a
Average	0.994 ± 0.428	11.549 ± 0.784	1.492 ± 0.602	1.244 ± 0.531

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation of triplicate independent experiments. Mean values with different letters in the same column are significantly different ().