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.