TI: Nutritional composition of some wild plant foods and honey used by Hadza foragers of Tanzania.

AU: Murray-SS; Schoeninger-MJ; Bunn-HT; Pickering-TR; Marlett-JA
AD: Correspondence (Reprint) address, M. J. Schoeninger, Dep. of Anthropology, Univ. of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Tel. 858-822-1890. Fax 858-534-5946. E-mail mjschoen@weber.ucsd.edu
PY: 2001

SO: Journal-of-Food-Composition-and-Analysis; 14 (1) 3-13, 36 ref.

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DT: Journal-Article
LA: En (English)
SC: A Food-sciences

AB: Composition of several foods consumed by the Hadza foragers of northern Tanzania was determined. 11 different foods, collected during both the dry and wet seasons, were examined including: honeys from 3 different types of bees, 6 fruit species, baobab fruit pulp and a flour made from baobab seeds dispersed throughout the fruit pulp. Levels of moisture and starch in the 3 honeys were similar to honeys from the US, although protein, fat and ash contents were higher in the former; several samples had significant levels of fat. The 6 fruits, although similar to agricultural fruits in terms of macronutrient composition, had higher levels of crude protein, carbohydrate and energy, and lower levels of fat. Baobab seeds were high in protein and fat, and it is suggested that they represent important sources of energy and protein for the foragers. However, baobab seed flour and fruit pulp were found to be low in energy compared with previous results, although this is attributed to the fact that fibre was measured directly in this study.

DE: FRUITS-; HONEYS-; NUTRIENTS-; VEGETABLES-SPECIFIC; BAOBAB-; COMPOSITION-; TANZANIA-
UD: 200105