Table 2.

Deconjugation efficiency for different foodstuffs, using the same lot of scraped brush border membrane (mucosa from a pig’s small intestine).

Food Stuff	Total Folate (in µg/100 g)	Relative Amount of Monoglutamates (%)
		before digestion	after digestion
Spinach, young	98	30	56
Spinach leaves	117		52
Wheat germ	397	5	23
Camembert C	39	14	46
Camembert B	107	19	48
dough	87		64
rind	213		34
Camembert A	88		44
dough	45		46
rind	133		37