NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION OF SELECTED ENERGY DRINKS COMMONLY CONSUMED IN ABUJA METROPOLIS

Abstract

This study was undertaken to determine the nutritional benefits of selected energy drinks commonly consumed in Abuja metropolis. Ten different energy drinks were bought and coded E1E2E3………. E10. Proximate analysis was used to determine the total ash, crude protein, moisture, crude fiber, lipids, carbohydrate and energy value. The result of the moisture content of the different samples showed the moisture ranged from 89.10% to 91.19%. the highest value in E2 of all the energy drinks sampled. The result also showed that E6 has the highest ash content with 0.29% of all brands of energy drinks while the lowest ash content was 0.001% in E1. The nutritional values showed that E5 was found to be the highest on protein among the ten energy drinks. E4 was the highest in carbohydrate but the least among for protein. E9 was found to be the highest in fat content while E7 was found to have the highest energy level but also happens to have the lowest moisture and fat present.