Economic Viability and Use Dynamics of the Enset Food System in Ethiopia: Its Implications for Food Security

Table 2

Comparison of the nutritive value of the food nexus with wheat, maize, rice, and teff.

Food & its description	Local name	Composition in terms of 100 grams edible portion
		Food energy	Moisture	Protein	Fat	Fiber	Ash	Calcium	Phosphorous	Iron
		Call	%	gm	gm	gm	gm	mg	mg	mg
Enset: Flour	Nset duqyet	196	49.7	0.9	0.2	1.2	1.6	77	60	10.1
Enset: bulla	Bulla	180.5	54.9	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.1	41	20	2.6
Enset: bulla, bread	Bulla, dabbo	186.1	53.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.3	45	18	4.6
Enset, bulla, porridge	Bulla, genfo	80.3	81	0.2	1.1	0.5	0.3	30	10	2.6
Enset: kocho	Qoch’o	211.1	46.7	0.6	0.3	1.2	0.9	32	36	3.7
Enset: kocho, bread	Qoch’o, Daboo	219.4	43.7	1	0.2	1.3	1.7	93	43	2.4
Enset, kocho, porridge	Qoch’o, genfo	90.6	78.9	0.7	2.2	1.3	1.2	50	21	4.9
Black wheat broad	Sindye, t’iqur, dabbo	205.30	47.5	5.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	76.00	222.00	19.60
BlackWheat porridge	Sindye, t’iqur, genfo	157.30	67.4	2.7	6.1	0.9	0.9	14.00	68.00	6.00
Black wheat whole boiled	Sindye t’iqur, yaltefetege, nifro	178.00	55.9	4.3	0.8	1.7	0.6	21.00	106.00	1.60
White wheat, bread	Sindye, nech’, dabbo	222.00	44.5	6.8	0.8	1.2	1.0	27.00	213.00	2.70
WhiteWheat porridge	Sindye, nech’, genfo	142.70	67.9	3.3	3.5	1.8	0.8	18.00	89.00	3.80
White wheat whole boiled	Sindye, nech’, yaltefetege, nifro	211.30	47.0	7.1	0.9	1.6	1.3	30.00	125.00	4.00
Yellow, Maize, bread	Beqqollo, byich’a, dabbo	233.00	43.3	5.1	2.2	1.0	1.2	5.00	156.00	2.90
YellowMaize, porridge	Beqqollo, byich’a, genfo	141.40	69.4	2.6	4.6	1.0	1.0	14.00	72.00	2.40
Yellow maize whole, boiled	Beqqollo, byich’a, yaltefetege, nifro	182.80	55.7	3.8	1.9	1.3	1.0	5.00	106.00	2.70
Yellow maize, whole, roasted	Beqqollo, byich’a, yaltefetege, qolo	404.20	3.10	9.1	4.2	3.1	1.1	13.00	252.00	4.00
White maize, porridge	Beqqollo, nech’, genfo	154.70	67.4	2.4	5.5	0.8	0.8	5.00	82.00	1.90
White maize boiled	Beqqollo, nech’, Nifro	88.10	78.0	2.1	0.5	0.4	0.6	3.00	36.00	0.90
Rice whole-grain boiled	Ruz, yaltefetege, qiqqil	110.90	71.5	2.1	0.1	0.2	0.9	5.00	47.00	0.50
Tef, red, enjera	Tyef, qeyy, Injera	155.90	60.2	3.4	0.7	1.8	1.7	50.00	115.00	14.70
Tef, red, bread	Tyef, qeyy, dabbo	220.00	44.1	5.4	1.2	2.5	2.4	73.00	234.00	21.40
Tef, red, porridge	Tyef, qeyy, genfo	165.40	66.5	2.2	7.4	1.2	1.4	36.00	108.00	11.70
Tef, white, enjera	Tyef, nech’, injera	145.00	63.8	3.0	0.6	1.0	0.7	56.00	100.00	7.00
Tef, white, bread	Tyef, nech’, dabbo	214.30	46.2	5.0	1.1	1.6	1.6	71.00	225.00	11.50
Tef, white, porridge	Tyef, nech’, genfo	193.70	68.8	0.4	14.5	1.2	0.9	13.60	111.00	7.20

Source: food and agriculture organization, n.d.