DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2015.v03i01.017

Pages: 92-97

Ten common Pulse varieties namely Lentil, Chick pea, Pigeon pea, Cow pea, Green gram, Chickling vetch, Garden Pea, Black Gram, Hyacinth bean and Soybean produced and consumed in Bangladesh were studied to compare their market price (Tk/Kg) and determine the protein as well as sugar contents during September 2013- August 2014. The highest market price was found to be 160 Tk/Kg (soybean) and the lowest was 50 Tk/Kg (Chick pea) and followed the sequence as Soybean >Pigeon pea> Hyacinth Bean> Green gram>Black gram>Lentil>Cow pea>Garden pea>Chickling vetch>Chick pea. Protein content varied from 2.68% (Hyacinth bean) - 35.31% (Soybean) and consequently followed the sequence as Soybean >Cow pea> Black gram > Chickling vetch> Lentil> Green gram> Chick pea> Pigeon pea > Garden pea > Hyacinth Bean. In respect to sugar content Soybean (6.96%) was found to be superior among the studied varieties of pulse and may therefore, be ranked as Soybean > Green gram> Garden pea> Chick pea> Pigeon pea>Lentil > Hyacinth Bean> Chickling vetch> Black gram >Cow pea. Present study concludes that the market price of all the studied varieties of pulse does not depend on their protein and sugar contents rather it depends on their exceptional uses in traditional food habit. Diabetic patients should avoid the varieties of pulse enriched with sugar content.