Review Article

Nutritional Composition, Antinutritional Factors, and Utilization Trends of Ethiopian Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Table 3

Chemical composition of some of Ethiopian raw whole chickpea varieties.

Chickpea varietiesAsh (%)Moisture (%)Crude protein (%)Crude fat (%)Crude fiber (%)Carbohydrate (%)Gross energy (kcal/100 g)Reference

Natoli3.7718.716.975.8155.90361.13[24]
Arerti3.879.0721.787.414.7153.16366.46

Habru2.496.9620.036.884.2359.41[25]
Local-Desi3.437.0021.904.616.9756.10

DZ-10-112.637.6016.735.885.8861.22364.69[26]

Habru3.167.5220.927.015.0956.30371.91[24]
Mastewal2.977.2719.886.028.1955.67356.38
Local3.435.7319.573.7716.9152.61322.58

Natoli2.98-3.4710.28-11.3215.93-20.214.61-5.7561.94-66.84366.98-385.33[27]
Ejeri2.69-3.2910.41-11.8016.19-20.615.24-7.0161.45-64.87371.91-388.10
Teketaye2.71-3.2510.97-11.3814.01-19.624.89-6.7165.00-67.50368.20-383.54
Hora2.47-3.3610.08-11.8416.07-20.384.95-6.9362.45-65.57370.75-380.92
Dera3.00-3.3510.03-12.1018.43-21.824.94-6.5559.07-63.39355.80-376.30
Arerti2.73-3.2610.46-11.2315.02-21.735.83-7.3459.17-65.05371.51-381.92
Dimtu2.77-3.2910.40-11.8314.12-21.124.54-6.2760.71-67.66364.30-378.66
Habru2.60-3.1510.21-11.0716.49-21.266.07-7.0960.48-65.40373.81-380.74
19 (candidate)2.88-3.4510.87-11.2615.41-21.585.38-6.0960.13-66.25368.99-375.41
Shasho2.73-3.6410.45-11.5516.01-19.895.27-7.3260.52-66.57365.60-383.86
24 (candidate)2.72-3.1210.58-11.1814.67-18.705.77-7.0363.68-65.90372.70-381.92

Desi type2.7111.1921.764.482.8557.01355.40[28]
Arerti3.6810.6524.915.211.4254.13363.05

Kabuli variety2.707.6921.075.946.5662.60388.12[29]

Chickpea flour3.408.0019.405.804.8063.40383.00[30]