Table 1.
The proximate and energy content of the dried snail meat and shell samples (% ± SD).
| Parameter | Meat (mean ± SD) |
Shell (mean ± SD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. marginata | A. achatina | A. fulica | A. marginata | A. achatina | A. fulica | |
| Moisture (%) | 5.2 ± 0.05 | 6.1 ± 0.01 | 4.88 ± 0.01 | 0.27 ± 0.04 | 0.43 ± 0.13 | 0.21 ± 0.01 |
| Fat (%) | 4.37 ± 0.06 | 5.06 ± 0.14 | 2.27 ± 0.16 | 0.68 ± 0.05 | 0.59 ± 0.03 | 0.62 ± 0.13 |
| Protein (%) | 85.12 ± 2.14 | 71.66 ± 1.24 | 62.56 ± 1.23 | 2.1 ± 0.41 | 3.18 ± 0.58 | 2.06 ± 0.25 |
| Fibre (%) | 1.32 ± 0.15 | 1.21 ± 0.03 | 0.03 ± 0.01 | 0.5 ± 0.05 | 0.63 ± 0.02 | 0.36 ± 0.04 |
| Ash (%) | 3.06 ± 0.02 | 3.49 ± 0.01 | 3 ± 0.01 | 96.31 ± 0.01 | 94.85 ± 0.11 | 95.85 ± 0.08 |
| Carbohydrate (%) | 2.25 ± 0.11 | 13.69 ± 0.15 | 27.29 ± 1.21 | 0.64 ± 0.03 | 0.95 ± 0.01 | 1.26 ± 0.02 |
| Energy (KJ/100g) | 1646.98 ± 8.68 | 1638.17 ± 6.53 | 1611.44 ± 8.6 | 71.74 ± 1.49 | 92.04 ± 1.57 | 79.38 ± 1.4 |
SD - Standard deviation.