Table 3.

Mineral contents of different soups.

Elements	Contents (mg/L)
	Ginger Soup	Chicken Soup	Ginger Chicken Soup
Ca	18.39 ± 0.24 a	88.50 ± 1.22 c	66.83 ± 0.29 b
Cr	0.27 ± 0.00 a	0.84 ± 0.01 c	0.78 ± 0.02 b
Cu	n.d.	0.11 ± 0.00 a	n.d.
Fe	0.94 ± 0.00 a	2.06 ± 0.02 b	n.d.
K	184 ± 2.20 a	1082.50 ± 13.23 c	818.33 ± 2.89 b
Mg	49.45 ± 0.09 a	37.04 ± 0.11 b	28.90 ± 0.09 c
Na	99.63 ± 2.78 a	393.38 ± 6.17 c	290.67 ± 2.02 b

n.d. means not detected. Means in the same row with no common superscript differed significantly (p < 0.05).