Table 4. Free sugar composition of citrus, apple, and grape peel powders (unit: g/100 g)
| Free sugar | Citrus | Apple | Grape | F-value |
| Sucrose | 0.50±0.00a1)2) | 0.53±0.06a | Traceb | 321.00***3) |
| Cellobiose | Trace4) | Trace | ND5) | ND |
| Maltose | Trace | 3.10±0.10 | Trace | 2,883.00*** |
| Lactose | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Rhamnose | Trace | Trace | Trace | ND |
| Ribose | Trace | 0.10±0.00 | Trace | ND |
| Mannose | Trace | Trace | Trace | ND |
| Fructose | 7.53±0.15c | 26.17±0.64a | 8.63±0.25b | 3,003.69*** |
| Galactose | Trace | 0.10±0.00 | Trace | ND |
| Xylose | 0.10±0.00 | 0.20±0.00 | 0.30±0.00 | ND |
| Glucose | 6.90±0.17b | 12.80±0.26a | 4.63±0.12c | 2,996.12*** |
| Total6) | 15.03±0.33b | 43.00±1.06a | 13.57±0.37c | 2,433.12*** |
All values are mean±SD (n=3).
Means within different superscript letters (a-c) in the same row are significantly different at p<0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range test.
***p<0.001
Trace, detected at levels less than 0.01 g/100 g.
ND, not detected.
Total sugar content was calculated as the sum of all quantified sugars.