Comparative nutritive value of commercial varieties of fruits of Northern India.
Vinita Singh, Shubhi Pandey, Seema Sonkar
Author Affiliation: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur - 208 002, India.
Farm Science Journal 14 : 53-54
Abstract : The nutritive values of fruits of four cultivars (Dashehari, Langra, Chausa and Lucknow Safeda) of mango, 3 (Sardar, Sangam and Allahabad Safeda) of guava and 2 (Calcuttia and Rose scented) of litchi (Litchi chinensis), grown in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, were assessed during 2003-04. The fruit quality of mango was the best with the highest total soluble solids and sugar content, followed by litchi. Guava was relatively poor in this respect, but it was significantly the richest source of vitamin C, pectin and iron. Litchi was a fair source of Ca, while mango and guava were poor in Ca.