This study was carried to assess the nutritional composition and heavy metal profile of
Nigerian rice varieties. A total of one hundred samples consisting of twenty five samples
each of four varieties of white unpolished Nigerian local rice Oryzaglaberrima (Ofada rice,
Abakaliki rice, Ekpoma rice and Igbimo rice) were purchased from Ofada in Ogun State,
Nigeria. Flour samples produced from the rice varieties were evaluated for nutritional
(proximate, amino acids and vitamins profile analyses) qualities and heavy metal profile …

This study was carried to assess the nutritional composition and heavy metal profile of
Nigerian rice varieties. A total of one hundred samples consisting of twenty five samples
each of four varieties of white unpolished Nigerian local rice Oryza glaberrima (Ofada rice,
Abakaliki rice, Ekpoma rice and Igbimo rice) were purchased from Ofada in Ogun State,
Nigeria. Flour samples produced from the rice varieties were evaluated for nutritional
(proximate, amino acids and vitamins profile analyses) qualities and heavy metal profile …