Table 5 Anti-nutritional composition and phytate/mineral molar ratios (mol/kg) of therapeutic complementary foods

Flavonoid (mg/g)

8.22 ± 0.87^a

4.37 ± 0.54^c

3.75 ± 0.93^c

7.50 ± 0.93^b

6.72^b ± 0.71

Tannin (mg/g)

0.13 ± 0.02^d

2.47 ± 0.55^c

2.55 ± 0.01^c

2.78 ± 0.80^b

2.86 ± 0.01^a

Phenol (mg/g)

23.19 ± 1.07^e

45.80 ± 0.65^a

29.63 ± 1.50^c

38.96 ± 0.59^b

26.63 ± 1.80^d

Trypsin conc. (mg/g)

0.66 ± 0.01^d

3.08 ± 0.02^a

3.02 ± 0.02^b

3.04 ± 0.03^b

1.58 ± 0.01^c

Saponin (%)

30.46 ± 0.12^a

2.66 ± 0.02^e

10.10 ± 0.02^d

18.85 ± 0.05^c

24.16 ± 0.03^b

Oxalate (%)

4.50 ± 0.02^e

18.99 ± 0.10^c

18.47 ± 0.07^d

19.39 ± 0.03^b

19.54 ± 0.02^a

Phytic (%)

27.60 ± 2.06^c

25.68 ± 7.26^c

30.09 ± 2.05^b

30.07 ± 1.23^b

39.65 ± 1.65^a

Phytate/Ca

0.001^c

0.001^c

0.002^c

0.004^b

0.007^a

Phytate/Zn

0.136^c

0.221^a

0.077^e

0.099^d

0.139^b

Phytate/iron

2.602^a

0.041^e

0.051^d

0.094^c

0.143^b

Phytate*Ca/Zn

3.957^b

6.237^a

1.826^c

1.219^d

1.191^e

Oxalate/Ca

0.004^e

0.017^d

0.019^c

0.039^b

0.057^a