Wheat samples |
Mineral content mg/100g |
Iron |
Zinc |
Phosphorous |
HWF |
4.15 ± 0.12c |
3.59 ± 0.063a |
337.99 ± 0.56a |
HWWF |
2.51 ± 0.16 a |
1.39 ± 0.036b |
144.69 ± 0.61b |
SWF |
3.35 ± 0.17b |
2.47 ± 0.04c |
313.98 ± 1c |
SWWF |
2.95 ± 0.26a |
0.58 ± 0.01a |
77.03 ± 0.51a |
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HWF- hard whole wheat flour, HWWF- Hard white wheat flour, SWF -soft whole wheat flour. SWWF-Soft white wheat flour
Mean value with different superscript in the same column are significantly different (P<0.05). |
Table 4: Mineral composition of whole and refined wheat flour. |