Table 2. Antioxidant activity of cocoa products rich in cocoa rich in cocoa (PC), cocoa rich in dietary fibre (DFC), conventional cocoa (CC), cocoa rich in methylxanthines and cocoa (MPC) and raw un-processed cocoa (RC).
Product PC | Product DFC | Product CC | Product MPC | Product RC | |
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Antioxidant activity | |||||
FRAP (µmol TE/µg product) n = 3 | 175.07 ± 1.52 | 75.88 ± 2.61 | 109.41 ± 2.33 | 120.12 ± 3.26 | 219.33 ± 6.90 |
ABTS (µmol TE/g product) n = 3 | 133.09 ± 3.70 | 56.64 ± 3.26 | 66.64 ± 6.88 | 89.53 ± 2.99 | 173.42 ± 7.53 |
ORAC (µmol TE/g product) n = 8 | 459.71 ± 9.40 | 234.51 ± 4.89 | 248.56 ± 4.32 | 257.39 ± 5.79 | 483.93 ± 19.88 |