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. 2018 Mar 24;8(4):199. doi: 10.1007/s13205-018-1220-4

Table 3.

Nutritional value of important agro-industrial waste

Components Lemon pulp Orange peel Wheat bran Grape skin Sugarcane bagasse Orange bagasse Apple pomace Rice bran Olive pomace
Crude fiber 25.78 NA 66.12 NA NA 41.5 51.1% 10.10% NA
Crude protein 3.89 7.7 15.73 NA NA 4.0 4.0% 12.26% NA
Total sugars 37.59 43.1 2.34 NA NA NA 9.5–22.0% 43.29 NA
Pectin NA 14.7 NA 1.3 NA NA 7.2% NA 5.8
Cellulose NA 16.7 NA 25.9 35.2 NA 6.8% NA 22.9
Hemicellulose NA 11.8 NA 3.6 24.5 NA NA NA 5.9
Starch NA NA NA NA NA 7.1 NA NA NA
Lignin NA 1.2 NA 22.5 22.2 NA NA NA 22.6
Ash 3.1–4.0 1.2 3.24 6.5 20.9 2.6 0.5% 10.63 3.3
Moisture 7.00 2.31 9.36 5.6 NA 9.9 10.8% 13% 3.4
Fat 3.46 3.6 9.8 NA 0.6 NA 24.60% 15.9
Reference De Gregorio et al. (2002) and Ruiz et al. (2012) Zhou et al. (2011) Demir and Tari (2014) Sanchez et al. (2015) Rezende et al. (2011) Romero-Lopez et al. (2011) Shalini and Gupta (2009) and Sudha et al. (2007) Satter et al. (2014) Sanchez et al. (2015)