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. 2013 Jun 20;52(2):822–830. doi: 10.1007/s13197-013-1061-4

Table 3.

Proximate composition of biscuits and cereal bars added with fruit and vegetable residue flour

Fractions (g Kg−1 d.b.) Fruit and vegetable flour Biscuit formulations Cereal bar formulations
Salty Bittersweet Sweet Salty Sweet
B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3
Moisture 58.8 ± 4.88 52.4 ± 3.83a 53.9 ± 4.59a 175.1 ± 2.18b 136.2 ± 3.32b 274.6 ± 23.22a 293.6 ± 9.57a
Ash 49.3 ± 4.07 25.1 ± 0.64a 36.7 ± 1.89b 35.0 ± 1.84b 32.7 ± 1.10a 14.0 ± 1.22c 18.1 ± 1.78b
Protein 95.2 ± 16.81 48.6 ± 1.84a 102.9 ± 5.17b 65.8 ± 3.84c 143.2 ± 1.41a 73.9 ± 1.08b 41.3 ± 2.12c
Fat 50.9 ± 5.04 115.7 ± 1.68a 97.9 ± 2.91b 97.5 ± 2.91b 132.2 ± 3.82a 19.3 ± 1.10c 28.6 ± 0.97b
Crude Fibre 215.2 ± 16.07 57.1 ± 10.41a 117.5 ± 13.41b 83.7 ± 6.01c 72.2 ± 5.87a 75.5 ± 3.86a 78.7 ± 1.64a
Available carbohydrate 530.6 701.1 591.5 542.9 483.5 542.7 539.7
Calories (kcal per 100 g) 296 404 365 331 370 264 258

Values are means ± standard deviations (n = 4). For each product, mean values followed by different letters within the same line differ significantly (p < 0.05). Refer to Table 1 for biscuit and cereal bar formulations