canned legume, and ANOVA analysis showed that boiled legume
values were significantly higher than canned legumes by 2.57
g/100 g (p < 0.01). The greatest difference was found in red kidney
beans, with TDF values in canned samples (5.5 g/100 g) being half
of the boiled equivalent (11.2 g/100 g). The present findings seem
to be consistent with other research which found processing such
as cooking and frying of chickpeas yielded varied amount of dietary
fibre (Perez-Hidalgo et al., 1997). This indicates a significant effect
of cooking method on the TDF content of the analysed legumes.