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Table 3.

Provitamin A retention in provitamin A-biofortified maize stiff porridges and the representative white maize porridge.

Variety	Provitamin A Content (µg/g DW)		ProvA Retention (%)
Variety	Maize Flour	Stiff Porridge	ProvA Retention (%)
RWM	n.d	n.d	n.d
PVAH1–26	2.58 ^a ± 0.06	3.18 ^a ± 0.01	123.30 ^a ± 2.93
PVAH27–49	2.47 ^ab ± 0.12	2.60 ^b ± 0.01	105.30 ^b ± 5.27
PVAH50–75	2.46 ^a ± 0.07	2.24 ^c ± 0.06	91.39 ^c ± 4.23
PVAH79–100	2.40 ^b ± 0.08	2.60 ^b ± 0.01	108.41 ^b ± 3.82

Means ± SD. Mean values followed by different letters in a column are significantly different p < 0.05 (LSD). PVAH= provitamin A hybrid; n.d = not detected; DW = dry weight; ProvA = provitamin A; RWM = representative white maize.