Table 1.

Proximate composition of sorghum.

Proximate composition (%)	Jones and Beckwith [34]	Okoh et al. [35]	Adebiyi et al. [36]	Shawrang et al. [37]	Shargie [38]	Udachan et al. [39]	Awadelkareem et al. [40]	Ndimba et al. [41]	Singh et al. [42]	Ape et al. [43]	Jimoh and Abdullahi [44]	Mohapatra et al. [45]
Ash	1.2–1.3	0.90–1.52	1.98	4.20	1.44	0.92–1.75	1.28–1.78	1.61–2.03	1.90	2.07	1.12–1.68	3.17
CHO	NR	71.80–85.20	72.41	NR	NR	70.65–76.20	72.44–77.28	NR	NR	76.51	65.15–76.28	71.95
Fat	3.1–3.4	1.38–4.50	3.35	6.9	3.32	2.30–2.80	2.84–3.02	2.37–2.75	3.30	3.10	5.12–10.54	4.70
Fiber	1.8–1.9	1.47–2.45	2.25	19.5	1.83	1.40–2.70	1.72–2.02	NR	1.7	2.86	1.65–7.94	2.76
Moisture	NR	NR	10.66	8.1–8.5	NR	8.10–9.99	6.67–7.29	8.95–11.16	9.80	6.36	1.39–19.02	6.07
Protein	11.5–11.7	9.28–14.86	9.35	11.80	9.95	8.90–11.02	10.21–13.45	11.90–12.82	12.5	9.10	6.23–13.81	11.36

CHO – carbohydrate; NR – not reported. Values are expressed in dry matter.