Tabouleh, Lebanese restaurant-style

A Lebanese style salad typically containing a mixture of parsley, bulgur, mint, tomato, onion, oil, a pinch of cinnamon and lemon juice, as purchased in Lebanese restaurants.

The majority of nutrients including proximates, vitamins, minerals and fatty acids were derived from a composite of 4 samples of Tabouleh purchased from Lebanese restaurants in Sydney (Greenfield et al. 1980 and Wills et al 1981). Vitamins and minerals were also derived from a composite of 3 samples of Tabouleh purchased from take away shops and restaurants in Sydney in 1990 (AGAL, 1991). Folate was estimated from proportions of continental raw parsley and bulgur. Fatty acids were imputed from olive oil.