Lentil, dried, boiled, drained

Dried green, red and brown lentils soaked, boiled in unsalted water, then drained.

The majority of nutrients including proximates, minerals and vitamins were determined from a composite sample of 6 purchases (2 each x McKenzies (green), unbranded (1x brown and red) and Omega Foods (1x brown and red)) dried lentils from supermarkets in SA in 1989 (AGAL, 1990). The split lentils were soaked overnight, boiled in unsalted water until tender then drained, cooled and a homogenised sample was used for analysis. Fatty acids were imputed from the dried, uncooked split lentil samples (AGAL, 1990, 1991). Trace metals (As, Cd, Hg, Pb, Sb, Se, Cu and Zn) were derived from 9 samples of brown lentils purchased nationally in 1994 (AMBS, 1994). Cholesterol and retinol were imputed zero based on scientific literature. Folate was borrowed from USDA, reference 16070. Note low sum of proximates - data should be used with caution.