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 (%)ProteinFatAsh

Adansonia digitata pulp
Tete_200889.8 ± 0.12.4 ± 0.00.5 ± 0.15.5 ± 0.1
Tete_200989.1 ± 0.02.2 ± 0.10.7 ± 0.67.4 ± 0.0
Vilanculos_200986.5 ± 0.12.1 ± 0.00.5 ± 0.17.4 ± 0.0
Landolphia kirkii pulp
Marracuene_200827.7 ± 0.22.1 ± 0.20.9 ± 0.12.9 ± 0.0
Marracuene_200923.9 ± 0.0NA0.4 ± 0.23.5 ± 0.0
Manhiça_200920.1 ± 0.31.7 ± 0.01.3 ± 0.13.0 ± 0.0
Salacia kraussii pulp
Marracuene_200816.4 ± 0.33.7 ± 0.00.8 ± 0.54.8 ± 0.2
Manhiça_200817.3 ± 0.12.3 ± 0.01.5 ± 0.63.4 ± 0.0
Manhiça_200916.5 ± 0.12.1 ± 0.10.7 ± 0.23.6 ± 0.0
Sclerocarya birrea pulp
Manhiça_200916.8 ± 0.11.4 ± 0.10.9 ± 0.33.0 ± 0.1
Vangueria infausta pulp
Marracuene_200837.4 ± 0.52.9 ± 0.20.5 ± 0.87.8 ± 0.6
Marracuene_200930.0 ± 0.12.2 ± 0.30.7 ± 0.15.3 ± 0.0
Manhiça_200837.3 ± 0.94.7 ± 0.40.7 ± 0.25.7 ± 0.4
Manhiça_200934.5 ± 0.73.3 ± 0.80.2 ± 0.03.2 ± 0.2
Adansonia digitata kernel
Tete_200893.6 ± 0.036.7 ± 0.935.0 ± 0.27.7 ± 0.0
Tete_200991.7 ± 0.138.6 ± 0.839.9 ± 6.27.2 ± 0.0
Vilanculos_200990.6 ± 0.042.7 ± 0.739.0 ± 7.08.5 ± 0.2
Sclerocarya birrea kernel
Manhiça_200893.6 ± 0.230.1 ± 0.258.3 ± 1.33.8 ± 0.0
Manhiça_200995.0 ± 0.035.0 ± 0.163.1 ± 0.13.5 ± 0.0