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.