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Table 2 Proximate composition of gari formulated with various proportions of soy and silver fish

From: Community-based nutrition-sensitive approach to address short-term hunger and undernutrition among primary school children in rural areas in a developing country setting: lessons from North and North-Eastern Uganda

Composite Formulae

Crude Protein (%)

Total CHO (%)

Ash (%)

Dietary Fibre (%)

Moisture Content (%)

Fat content (%)

Gross energy (Kcal/g)

Control (100:0)

 

2.18 ± 0.00a

87.02 ± 1.86d

1.41 ± 0.02a

5.63 ± 0.17ab

8.66 ± 0.13d

0.41 ± 0.56a

3.94 ± 0.03a

Gari-Soy-silver fish

 60:30:10

23.29 ± 0.42d

50.60 ± 1.25a

4.22 ± 0.08c

10.53 ± 0.62d

5.01 ± 0.07a

8.78 ± 0.16c

4.81 ± 0.01c

 70:15:15

19.84 ± 0.39c

72.25 ± 1.84bc

3.91 ± 0.11c

6.88 ± 0.64bc

8.53 ± 0.12cd

5.64 ± 0.04b

4.34 ± 0.02b

 75:20:5

15.10 ± 0.17b

72.39 ± 2.54bc

3.11 ± 0.00b

7.99 ± 0.30c

7.83 ± 0.11bc

5.69 ± 0.09b

4.38 ± 0.01b

  1. Values are means ± SD of three independent determinations. Values with different superscripts within the same column are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).