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. 2019 Aug 7;8(8):321. doi: 10.3390/foods8080321

Table 2.

Analytical [4] micronutrient content in gluten-free rendered foodstuffs divided by food groups, compared to gluten-containing products, expressed by 100 g of foodstuffs.

Micronutients/Products Cereal Flakes Breads Pasta
GCP GFP p GCP GFP p GCP GFP p
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Calcium (mg) 141 183 22.3 16.8 NS 60.5 34.4 90.8 57.5 NS 22.9 10.0 27.3 27.3 NS
Iron (mg) 9.87 5.19 1.8 1.8 <0.001 6.75 19.99 1.1 0.9 0.009 1.83 0.88 0.7 0.5 0.002
Sodium (mg) 332 332 357.1 313.6 NS 423 280 570.8 248.1 NS 61.0 155 34.8 65.6 NS
Zinc (mg) 5.94 12.9 0.9 0.5 NS 0.84 0.48 0.5 0.4 NS 1.45 1.10 1.1 0.5 NS
Copper (mg) 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 NS 0.14 0.11 0.1 0.1 NS 0.31 0.20 0.1 0.1 NS
Manganese (mg) 0.4 0.4 0.58 0.51 0.2 0.3 NS 2.22 1.18 0.5 0.8 0.042
Biotin (ug) 2.3 2.9 40.7 95.7 0.001 12.7 13.6 9.74 21.6 NS 15.8 14.8 1.10 1.00 0.002
Folate (ug) 275 35.4 55.4 88.9 0.062 32.55 14.79 32.8 56.8 NS 19.4 10.3 3.14 3.42 0.003
Niacin (mg) 16.2 8.25 3.02 2.41 <0.001 3.49 2.15 1.02 1.46 0.004 3.75 3.46 3.62 10.58 NS
Piridoxin (mg) 1.80 0.90 1.19 4.15 0.001 0.12 0.10 0.02 0.02 <0.001 0.12 0.07 0.01 0.01 <0.001
Riboflavin (mg) 1.45 0.72 0.12 0.17 <0.001 0.13 0.11 0.04 0.09 0.001 0.07 0.04 0.01 0.02 0.002
Tiamin (mg) 1.32 0.70 0.19 0.28 <0.001 0.20 0.12 0.01 0.01 <0.001 0.19 0.15 0.03 0.04 0.001
B5 (mg) 7.55 3.46 1.03 1.81 0.045 0.39 0.07 0.42 0.57 NS 0.70 0.40 0.29 0.36 0.067
B12 (ug) 0.85 0.52 3.68 4.18 0.03 0.02 0.05 88.2 236 0.026 0.04 0.08 0.73 1.37 NS
Vitamin E (mg) 3.00 6.22 0.14 0.47 0.01 0.30 0.33 1.04 1.2 NS 0.09 0.12 0.2 0.1 NS

Values are means ± SD. SD, standard deviation; GFP, gluten-free product; GCP, gluten-containing product; p, statistical significance; NS, not significant.