Short Communication
Oloye DA, Odeja OT, Faboya
Abstract
Raw seed flour of wild Corchorous olitorius was evaluated for its proximate composition and mineral content using standard procedures.The mean values of parameters fro proximate composition (%) were: moisture, (5.32±0.3), crude fibre (6.60±0.1), carbohydrate (by difference) (21.99±0.1) and the calculated energy (kg/100g) (1892.3). Minerals (mg/100g) included ;Na (25.8±0.4),K (37.2±0.1), Ca (28.9±0.5), Fe (0.9±0.1), P (19.5±0.2) and Mn (1.4±0.2).The results from this study show that the seed flour of wild Corchorous olitorious is a good source of energy, protein and minerals which proved the flour to be used as food fortifier.