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Table A3-1c Carbohydrate content (g% DM) ofnnprocessed and processed<br />

Colocasia<br />

escu/enta tubers<br />

Starch Soluble sugar<br />

Esikhawini white (EW) 28 4.0<br />

Boiled white (BW) 25 3.0<br />

Roasted white (RW) 27 2.0<br />

Fried white (FW) 18 2.7<br />

Esikhawini purple (EP) 25 2.0<br />

Boiled purple (BP) 22 3.1<br />

Roasted purple (RP) 20 2.5<br />

Fried purple (FP) 15 2.0<br />

Mtubatuba white (MtW) 16 1.1<br />

Mtubatuba purple (MtP) 19 1.7<br />

Makatini white (MakW) 24 2.3<br />

Makatini purple (MakP) 23 2.1<br />

The unprocessed Colocasia esculenta tubers revealed high levels of starch (28-16 per<br />

cent), the predominant component ofdry matter (Table A3-1c). The soluble sugar content<br />

ofAmadumbe tubers ranged from 1.1 (MtW) to 4.0 per cent (EW) on a dry-weight basis.<br />

Processing decreased most of the total carbohydrate content of the Amadumbe tubers,<br />

poSSibly because ofthe leaching away ofthe component.<br />

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