Research Article
Proximate Analysis of Five Wild Fruits of Mozambique
Table 1
Dry matter content, protein, fat, and ash expressed in g/100 g dry matter (
).
| Sample Location_year | Dry matter (%) | Protein | Fat | Ash |
| Adansonia digitata pulp | | | | | Tete_2008 | 89.8 ± 0.1 | 2.4 ± 0.0 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 5.5 ± 0.1 | Tete_2009 | 89.1 ± 0.0 | 2.2 ± 0.1 | 0.7 ± 0.6 | 7.4 ± 0.0 | Vilanculos_2009 | 86.5 ± 0.1 | 2.1 ± 0.0 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 7.4 ± 0.0 | Landolphia kirkii pulp | | | | | Marracuene_2008 | 27.7 ± 0.2 | 2.1 ± 0.2 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 2.9 ± 0.0 | Marracuene_2009 | 23.9 ± 0.0 | NA | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 3.5 ± 0.0 | Manhiça_2009 | 20.1 ± 0.3 | 1.7 ± 0.0 | 1.3 ± 0.1 | 3.0 ± 0.0 | Salacia kraussii pulp | | | | | Marracuene_2008 | 16.4 ± 0.3 | 3.7 ± 0.0 | 0.8 ± 0.5 | 4.8 ± 0.2 | Manhiça_2008 | 17.3 ± 0.1 | 2.3 ± 0.0 | 1.5 ± 0.6 | 3.4 ± 0.0 | Manhiça_2009 | 16.5 ± 0.1 | 2.1 ± 0.1 | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 3.6 ± 0.0 | Sclerocarya birrea pulp | | | | |
Manhiça_2009 | 16.8 ± 0.1 | 1.4 ± 0.1 | 0.9 ± 0.3 | 3.0 ± 0.1 | Vangueria infausta pulp | | | | | Marracuene_2008 | 37.4 ± 0.5 | 2.9 ± 0.2 | 0.5 ± 0.8 | 7.8 ± 0.6 | Marracuene_2009 | 30.0 ± 0.1 | 2.2 ± 0.3 | 0.7 ± 0.1 | 5.3 ± 0.0 | Manhiça_2008 | 37.3 ± 0.9 | 4.7 ± 0.4 | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 5.7 ± 0.4 | Manhiça_2009 | 34.5 ± 0.7 | 3.3 ± 0.8 | 0.2 ± 0.0 | 3.2 ± 0.2 | Adansonia digitata kernel | | | | | Tete_2008 | 93.6 ± 0.0 | 36.7 ± 0.9 | 35.0 ± 0.2 | 7.7 ± 0.0 | Tete_2009 | 91.7 ± 0.1 | 38.6 ± 0.8 | 39.9 ± 6.2 | 7.2 ± 0.0 | Vilanculos_2009 | 90.6 ± 0.0 | 42.7 ± 0.7 | 39.0 ± 7.0 | 8.5 ± 0.2 | Sclerocarya birrea kernel | | | | |
Manhiça_2008 | 93.6 ± 0.2 | 30.1 ± 0.2 | 58.3 ± 1.3 | 3.8 ± 0.0 |
Manhiça_2009 | 95.0 ± 0.0 | 35.0 ± 0.1 | 63.1 ± 0.1 | 3.5 ± 0.0 |
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