Journal
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Volume 90, Issue 6, Pages 1041-1049Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3914
Keywords
stone pine; proximate analysis; fatty acids; nutrition quality
Funding
- AGRO 945, FEOGA-O
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BACKGROUND: The first detailed chemical characterisation of Portuguese pine nut (Pinus pinea L.) is reported concerning proximate composition, fatty acid, mineral and vitamin contents. RESULTS: Based on the analysis of 27 different populations, pine nuts were characterised by high contents of fat (47.7 g per 100 g dry matter (DM)), protein (33.8 g per 1009 DM) and phosphorus (1130 mg per 100 g DM) and low contents of moisture (5.9g per 100 g DM) and starch (3.5 g per 100 g DM). They were also found to be a good source of zinc, iron and manganese. CONCLUSION: Mineral composition seemed to be most prone to variation, suggesting its potentially useful role in discriminating Mediterranean pine nuts. A significant variability was found in the nut composition of Portuguese P. pinea populations. 0 2010 Society of Chemical Industry
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