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Table 1 Nutritional composition (%) of quail meat

From: A way forward for the South African quail sector as a potential contributor to food and nutrition security following the aftermath of COVID-19: a review

Nutrients

Sources

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[28]

[30]

[38]

Proximate compositions

 Moisture

72.59

72.39

73.50

74.59

 Protein

23.38

21.65

18.4

22.82

 Fat

2.21

3.57

4.21

1.77

 Ash

1.51

2.47

0.94

1.24

Amino acids compositions

 Lysine

2.19

8.99

*

7.12

 Methionine

0.56

2.69

*

3.18

 Isoleucine

1.22

5.10

*

5.37

 Leucine

2.69

8.15

*

7.44

 Phenylalanine

0.97

4.68

*

5.48

 Threonine

0.74

4.58

*

6.02

 Valine

1.29

5.20

*

7.12

 Cysteine

0.20

1.34

*

0.87

 Tyrosine

0.61

3.49

*

2.85

  1. * = not reported
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