Quality Assessment of Five Different Brands of Chyawanprash Marketed in Nepal

Table 1

Proximate analyses of different brands of Chyawanprash (average ± standard deviation).

Components (g/100g)	Brand A	Brand B	Brand C	Brand D	Brand E
Moisture	11.83 ± 0.92^c	18.74 ± 0.6^c	19.90 ± 0.83^c	11.83 ± 1.6^c	16.40 ± 1.67^c
Total ash	1.51 ± 0.09	0.57 ± 0.40	0.72 ± 0.08	0.87 ± 0.36	2.50 ± 0.44
Fat	0.70 ± 0.02	0.19 ± 0.12	0.96 ± 0.44	0.36 ± 0.15	0.30 ± 0.17
Crude fiber	1.09 ± 0.04^a,d	0.52 ± 0.11^a,d	0.09 ± 0.002^a,d	0.82 ± 0.005^a,d	0.40 ± 0.016^a,d
Proteins	4.42 ± 0.38^a,c	2.63 ± 0.28^a,c	0.60 ± 0.25^a,c	5.36 ± 0.83^a,c	2.02 ± 0.29^a,c
Carbohydrate	73.01 ± 0.71^b	81.80 ± 1.62^b	88.13 ± 1.78^b	82.72 ± 0.62^b	80.35 ± 0.53^b
Total energy (Kcal/100g)	316.12 ± 1.96^b,d	339.54 ± 4.77^b,d	363 ± 11.90^b,d	355 ± 5.07^b,d	332 ± 0.22^b,d

^a,b,c,d Different superscript letters within columns are significant ( < 0.05). The significant relationship between the two components is denoted by the common superscript symbol.