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Table 1 Proximate composition of different date varieties

From: Bio-evaluation of functional date bars using rats as model organism against hypercholesterolemia

Varieties

Ash

%

Moisture

%

Fat

%

Fiber

%

Protein

%

NFE

%

Ajwa

1.68 ± 0.05c

25.75 ± 0.04a

0.26 ± 0.01b

2.43 ± 0.04a

2.77 ± 0.01a

93.08 ± 0.02a

Aseel

1.68 ± 0.04c

25.75 ± 0.03a

0.28 ± 0.05b

2.64 ± 0.04a

2.77 ± 0.04a

92.62 ± 0.20b

Hallawi

1.90 ± 0.03b

22.99 ± 0.02c

0.49 ± 0.04a

2.02 ± 0.03b

2.49 ± 0.13b

93.08 ± 0.20a

Khudravi

2.15 ± 0.19a

24.85 ± 0.06b

0.55 ± 0.03a

2.47 ± 0.02a

2.64 ± 0.02a

92.18 ± 0.13c

  1. Different letters showed significant variations (p ≤ 0.05) in column; values are expressed as means ± standard deviation of three independent determinations