Results and discussion
Some physical and chemical properties of watermelon rind and sharlyn melon peel powders
Proximate composition WAC, OAC and antioxidant activity of watermelon rind and sharlyn melon peel powders
Data in Table 2 showed that the watermelon rind powder had higher moisture, ash, fat, protein and carbohydrates (10.61%, 13.09%, 2.44%, 11.17% and 56.02%, respectively) as compared to sharlyn melon peel powder. On the other hand, the sharlyn melon peels had higher content of crud fiber (29.59%) as compared to watermelon rinds (17.28%). The crud fiber content in watermelon rind and sharlyn melon peel powder was higher than navel orange peels (13.38%) and mandarin peels (7.14%) as mentioned by Magda et al. (2008). It means that the utilization of watermelon rind and sharlyn melon peel powder in some bakery products increase their contents of fiber.