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Table 4 Mineral contents of teff and wheat samples during spontaneous fermentation, Ebinat district, Northwestern Ethiopia, 2016

From: Complementary feeding and effect of spontaneous fermentation on anti-nutritional factors of selected cereal-based complementary foods

Fermentation time

Parameters

Ca (mg/100 g)

Fe(mg/100 g)

Zn(mg/100 g)

Teff

Wheat

Teff

Wheat

Teff

Wheat

0 h

160.00 ± 6.67e

80.00 ± 0.00d

6.19 ± 0.48d

3.10 ± 0.24e

1.93 ± 0.02f

1.15 ± 0.02d

12 h

266.67 ± 6.67d

86.67 ± 0.00c

10.79 ± 0.55b

4.92 ± 0.27d

2.01 ± 0.02e

1.26 ± 0.02c

24 h

282.22 ± 3.85c

86.67 ± 0.00c

10.95 ± 0.95b

5.24 ± 0.95d

2.11 ± 0.02d

1.41 ± 0.02b

36 h

291.11 ± 3.85c

86.67 ± 0.00c

9.68 ± 0.73c

6.51 ± 0.27c

2.28 ± 0.02c

1.22 ± 0.02c

48 h

304.44 ± 3.85b

97.78 ± 3.85b

11.43 ± 0.48b

8.33 ± 0.24 b

2.48 ± 0.02b

1.37 ± 0.04b

72 h

320.00 ± 6.67a

110.00 ± 3.33a

15.94 ± 0.24a

13.10 ± 0.24a

2.63 ± 0.04a

1.51 ± 0.02a

  1. Values are means of triplicate samples (± SD). Means not sharing a common letter in a column are significantly different at p < 0.05 as assessed by Duncan’s Multiple Range Test