Table 1.
Food ingredients, energy content, and nutrient composition of the test meals.
| Treatment | Ingredients (per test meal) | Energy or Nutrients (per test meal) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice (g) | Peas (g) | Dried corn silk (g) | Cumin powder (g) | Tamarind pulp (g) | Energy (kcal) | Carbohydrate (g) | Protein (g) | Fat (g) | Fiber (g) | Available CHO (g) | |
| CON | 65 | 20 | - | - | - | 249.70 | 51.56 | 6.65 | 1.60 | 1.77 | 49.79 |
| CS12 | 60 | 20 | 12 | - | - | 248.51 | 51.12 | 6.95 | 1.52 | 2.44 | 48.68 |
| CS24 | 60 | 20 | 24 | - | - | 265.01 | 54.45 | 7.65 | 1.57 | 3.16 | 51.29 |
| CU | 60 | 20 | - | 24 | - | 288.16 | 53.53 | 8.29 | 4.26 | 4.11 | 49.42 |
| TAM | 60 | 20 | - | - | 20 | 259.00 | 52.79 | 6.87 | 1.98 | 2.13 | 50.65 |
CHO: carbohydrates; CON: control; CS12: corn silk 12 g; CS24: corn silk 24 g; CU: cumin; TAM: tamarind.