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Table 2 Nutritional composition showing proximate profile, mineral content and vitamin content of beef koche a traditional meat product

From: Beyond nutrition: social–cultural values of meat and meat products among the Borana people of Northern Kenya

Proximate profile %

Mineral content mg/100 g

Vitamin content

Ash %

1.79 ± 0.14

Calcium

184.95 ± 1.65

Thiamin (mg/100 g)

0.15 ± 0.01

Crude fibre %

1.80 ± 0.24

Iron

7.28 ± 0.23

Riboflavin (mg/100 g)

0.07 ± 0.01

Protein %

65.71 ± 3.36

Zinc

4.64 ± 0.06

Niacin (mg/100 g)

3.69 ± 0.20

Moisture content %

5.87 ± 0.84

Potassium

702.51 ± 8.90

Pyridoxine (mg/100 g)

0.48 ± 0.08

Crude fat %

10.49 ± 1.29

Magnesium

52.99 ± 0.60

Retinol (μg/g)

19.54 ± 0.35

  

Sodium

264.40 ± 4.84

α-tocopherol (μg/g)

5.19 ± 0.32