STUDY OF MINERAL AND MICROELEMENT CONTENT IN SEEDS AND NUTS ON THE BULGARIAN MARKET Cover Image

ПРОУЧВАНЕ СЪДЪРЖАНИЕТО НА МИНЕРАЛИ И МИКРОЕЛЕМЕНТИ В СЕМЕНА И ЯДКИ НА БЪЛГАРСКИЯ ПАЗАР
STUDY OF MINERAL AND MICROELEMENT CONTENT IN SEEDS AND NUTS ON THE BULGARIAN MARKET

Author(s): Ginka Paunova, Daniela Stankova, Lydia Mechkueva, Rositsa Georgieva
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Сдружение „Академия за иновации и устойчивост“
Keywords: minerals; microelements; sunflower seed; pumpkin seeds; peanuts
Summary/Abstract: Mineral (Na, Ca, Mg, К, P) and microelement (Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn) content in twenty-two samples of seeds and nuts was studied. The data obtained could be included in food composition database of Bulgarian foods and used in a variety of ways including assessment of nutrient intake, epidemiological researches assessing diets at a population level, development of dietary guidelines, therapeutic diets, nutrition labelling, etc.