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. 2017 Apr 10;54(7):1818–1826. doi: 10.1007/s13197-017-2612-x

Table 1.

Proximate composition for the breast, thigh, and drumstick of industrial and free-range broilers chicken (mean ± SD, n = 3)

Analysis Breast Thigh Drumstick
Industrial Free-range Industrial Free-range Industrial Free-range
Moisture (g.100 g−1) 76.3 ± 0.79a 75.7 ± 0.96a 76.8 ± 1.09a 76.3 ± 0.94a 74.4 ± 1.16b 76.7 ± 0.95a
Ash (g.100 g−1) 1.0 ± 0.09a 1.0 ± 0.09a 0.9 ± 0.15a 0.9 ± 0.11a 0.9 ± 0.10a 0.9 ± 0.13a
Protein (g.100 g−1) 19.9 ± 1.95a 20.1 ± 2.40a 15.7 ± 2.45b 18.0 ± 1.29a 16.9 ± 2.03a 16.9 ± 1.12a
Lipids (g.100 g−1) 1.3 ± 0.28a 0.92 ± 0.44a 3.4 ± 0.75a 2.2 ± 0.94b 5.0 ± 1.16a 3.0 ± 1.14b
Carbohydrate (g.100 g−1) 1.5 ± 0.62a 3.18 ± 0.78b 3.20 ± 0.89a 2.60 ± 0.66a 2.80 ± 0.89a 2.50 ± 0.66a
Caloric value (kcal/100 g) 97.4 ± 3.98 98.3 ± 3.64 102.3 ± 16.08 101.5 ± 6.84 121.9 ± 12.63a 103.7 ± 8.50b
Pr > F 0.1040 0.3685 <0.0001
Pr > F 0.3925 0.4501 0.9913
Pr > F 0.9994 <0.0001 1.0000
Pr > F 0.6993 <0.0001 <0.0001
Pr > F 0.9995 0.9993 <0.0001

Means followed by different letters in the same column differ by the F-test (p ≤ 0.05)