Table 3.

Percentage (%) retention of food nutrients by the various cooking pots

Nutrient	Types of cooking pot
	Titanium	Stainless steel	Enamel ware	Cast Iron	New aluminum	Old aluminum
Vitamins
Vitamin A	96.31	76.44	91.47	71.62	72.07	68.45
Vitamin B1	85.02	73.13	77.53	64.32	64.76	61.03
Vitamin C	93.93	85.32	72.17	62.98	63.18	61.23
Minerals
Sodium	96.58	87.29	85.86	84.38	84.26	83.73
Potassium	85.67	78.68	83.57	76.71	73.63	72.53
Selenium	85.42	76.61	84.77	68.12	72.8	72.14
Magnesium	89.79	83.27	118.5	105.19	79.91	99.93
Calcium	86.77	84.14	85.14	80.08	80.41	79.76
Zinc	92.13	83.66	99.21	84.06	83.66	79.72