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Virginia Wambui

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Processing Techniques affects the Vitamin Quality of Edible Insects – Potential for Use in Complementary Foods

Virginia Wambui, Hudson Nyambaka, Judith Kimiywe & Chrysantus Tanga · International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry · 2022

Aims: To assess the vitamin content of locusts, lake flies, grasshoppers, and termites when fresh, sun-dried, oven-dried, and defatted. Study Design:  Whole insect samples were sun-dried and oven-dried. Due to their high-fat content, termites and grasshoppers were subjected to an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/irjpac/2022/v23i330465