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. 2022 Sep 9;9:983212. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.983212

Table 1.

Nutrient composition of products (per 100 g) from varieties of Yam.

Moisture Protein Fat Carbohydrate Dietary fiber Ash
Boiled Yam Meccakusa 73.40bc 1.44bc 0.35ab 19.07a 2.34a 3.40c
TDr/02665 70.58bc 1.09ab 0.30ab 22.74a 2.40a 2.89bc
Alumaco 67.04ab 1.52bc 0.84c 25.26ab 4.12cd 1.21ab
Oju Iyawo 73.62bc 1.75c 0.68bc 19.98a 3.15abcd 0.81a
Amula 73.06bc 0.58a 0.20a 21.82a 3.83bcd 0.52a
Mean 70.25 1.26 0.43 23.23 3.26 1.56
SD 3.58 0.32 0.24 4.12 0.63 1.09
**CV 5.09 25.06 55.65 17.72 19.34 69.43
Pounded Yam Meccakusa 71.97b 0.86abc 0.13a 23.74bc 2.53ab 0.77abc
TDr/02665 70.95ab 0.98abc 0.21abc 24.12bc 2.59ab 1.14c
Alumaco 70.98ab 1.03abcd 0.28abcd 22.16ab 4.46d 1.08bc
Oju Iyawo 76.06c 0.97abc 0.21abc 19.41a 2.69ab 0.67a
Amula 68.29a 1.55d 0.42d 25.34c 3.65bcd 0.75ab
Mean 72.15 1.08 0.26 22.64 3.13 0.73
SD 1.89 0.28 0.09 1.52 0.66 0.21
**CV 2.62 25.59 36.01 6.71 21.12 29.02
Fried Yam Meccakusa 38.26ab 1.58ab 3.98d 50.22bc 2.02ab 3.95bc
TDr/02665 54.50d 1.12a 3.62cd 33.40a 2.51abc 4.84c
Alumaco 45.34bcd 1.92abc 3.32abcd 44.29abc 3.50bc 1.63ab
Oju Iyawo 37.24ab 1.99abc 2.69ab 54.26c 2.16ab 1.67ab
Amula 43.77bcd 1.40a 2.52a 48.29bc 3.14bc 0.88a
Mean 41.89 1.90 3.19 48.33 2.55 2.13
SD 7.32 0.59 0.43 7.66 0.80 1.36
**CV 17.48 30.87 13.34 15.85 31.31 63.72
Amala Meccakusa 75.47a 1.04b 0.29abc 18.57bc 3.82c 0.80c
TDr/02665 75.12a 0.38a 0.19ab 21.58c 2.10ab 0.63abc
Alumaco 77.04ab 0.77ab 0.21ab 18.92bc 2.69bc 0.37a
Oju Iyawo 80.30bc 1.04b 0.63bcd 14.77ab 2.79bc 0.47ab
Amula 80.97c 0.29a 0.08a 14.19a 4.05c 0.42a
Mean 77.12 0.74 0.35 18.48 2.78 0.52
SD 2.02 0.27 0.24 2.35 0.80 0.14
**CV 2.62 35.80 68.61 12.74 28.85 26.54
**

Percentage Coefficient of variation.

Superscripts represent significance and separation of mean for nutrients across columns.

Values are mean of duplicates.