Hibiscus Tea, Nutritional values

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Hibiscus Tea contains nutritional values in range:

Carbohydrate from 26.93–54.13%,

crude protein from 5.7 to 27.06%,

crude fat 1.16–13.09%,

 crude fibre 15.75–36.10%,

 energy 631.36–1065 kJ,

 ash 6.08–13.74%

and moisture content 6.00–9.7%.

 vitamins A, C and E were also found to be present in all the treatments in a different but substantial amount.

The calcium, magnesium and iron contents in all the treatments were higher than the recommended daily allowance of 1250, 350, and 15 mg for adults,

while the phosphorus and sodium values in all the treatments were below 1000 and 1500 mg RDA for adults.

However, the Na + /K + for all the treatments were lower than 1. The values of anti-nutrients in the samples were small except post-flowering red which had high phytate content of 21.02%.