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. 2023 Jan 29;23(3):1491. doi: 10.3390/s23031491

Table 3.

Mineral composition of the lentil and wheat flours analyzed; maximum and minimum values, mean value and standard deviation (SD).

K (g/100 g) P (g/100 g) Mg (g/100 g) Ca (g/100 g) Fe (mg/kg)
Min-Max x¯±SD Min-Max x¯±SD Min-Max x¯±SD Min-Max x¯±SD Min-Max x¯±SD
Lentil flour
var. Castellana, 0.78–0.94 0.87 ± 0.05 ef 0.27–0.40 0.34 ± 0.04 e 0.09–0.11 0.09 ± 0.01 e 0.08–0.12 0.10 ± 0.01 f 45.60–75.00 61.62 ± 10.57 de
var. Guareña 0.90–1.02 0.94 ± 0.04 f 0.37–0.45 0.41 ± 0.02 f 0.09–0.11 0.09 ± 0.01 e 0.07–0.10 0.08 ± 0.01 e 42.30–106.00 67.65 ± 15.65 de
var. Pardina 0.79–0.99 0.81 ± 0.26 de 0.33–0.44 0.39 ± 0.04 f 0.09–0.11 0.10 ± 0.06 e 0.07–0.10 0.08 ± 0.01 de 44.70–115.00 73.24 ± 24.21 e
Wheat flour
Non fortified 0.14–0.17 0.16 ± 0.01 a 0.01–0.92 0.09 ± 0.26 a 0.02–0.30 0.02 ± 0.11 a 0.02–0.29 0.02 ± 0.12 a 10.56–14.60 11.97 ± 1.27 a
25% Fortified 0.14–0.37 0.34 ± 0.04 b 0.14–0.18 0.16 ± 0.01 b 0.04–0.05 0.04 ± 0.01 b 0.03–0.05 0.04 ± 0.00 b 20.12–38.30 26.42 ± 4.50 b
50% Fortified 0.20–0.60 0.51 ± 0.08 c 0.18–0.28 0.24 ± 0.02 c 0.06–0.07 0.06 ± 0.00 c 0.05–0.07 0.05 ± 0.01 c 27.52–63.87 40.12 ± 9.00 c
75% Fortified 0.40–0.80 0.69 ± 0.12 d 0.23–0.38 0.31 ± 0.03 d 0.07–0.09 0.08 ± 0.01 d 0.06–0.10 0.07 ± 0.01 d 34.91–89.43 53.81 ± 13.51 d

a–f: different letters in the same column indicate statistically significant differences; analysis of variance (ANOVA); post hoc: Tukey HSD test; p < 0.05.