The market for plant-based proteins, particularly alternatives to dairy products, is growing due to health benefits and environmental concerns. Many people are adopting plant-based diets, due to lactose intolerance, vegan and vegetarian lifestyles; thus, promoting lactose-free an...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2023/v22i4629
This research aims to determine the effect of different ratios of shrimp shell flour and wheat flour in making croissants on the level of panelist preference. This research was conducted at the Fishery Product Processing Laboratory, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Padja...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2023/v22i4628
Vishnu Suresh, Ligimol James, A. K. Beena, V. Aparna Sudhakaran & M. P. Divya·Asian Food Science Journal·2023
Aims: To isolate, identify and characterize thermoduric psychrotrophic bacteria from locally available market samples of pasteurized milk. Study Design: Market samples of pasteurized milk were collected, subjected to laboratory pasteurization and thermoduric psychrotrophic bacter...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2023/v22i4627
Aims: To model and optimize complementary foods based on their mixture ingredients viz. African breadfruit, soybean and maize, and their depending quality characteristics namely, energy, carbohydrate, fat, ash, protein, flavor, taste, general acceptability and paste viscosity, an...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2023/v22i4626
The edible film is an alternative that can be used as eco-friendly packaging material (biodegradable) as a plastic substitute. The material that can be used in making edible films is glucomannan, which can dissolve easily but is less elastic. The development of the necessary edib...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2023/v22i3625
Mucuna pruriens seed is an underutilized legume with good nutritional value with a possibility of changes in its micronutrients’ composition during processing whose data is scanty. Mucuna pruriens seed flour was therefore evaluated for the effect of soaking, cooking, roasting, ge...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2023/v22i3624
This study was aimed at investigating the quality characteristics of flour blends produced from sesame seeds, African yam bean (AYB) and Moringa leaf powder (MLP) for “biscuit- like” production. Dehulled sesame seeds were roasted for 7-13 min at 185 – 200 0C, defatted and milled...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2023/v22i3623
Fruit juices are unfermented but probably fermentable fruit extracts, stored fresh and consumed around the world due to their great nutritional importance. The objective of this study wasto determine the pesticide residues, the physicochemical and nutritional parameters of pineap...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2023/v22i3622
Aim: To assess the magnitude and safety of migrants from three cook-in food packaging materials (plantain leaf, polyethylene film and aluminium foil) into cooked ‘moi-moi’. Methodology: The ‘moi-moi’ was prepared, packaged in three different packaging materials and cooked to done...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2023/v22i3621
Lukong Elsie Lemnyuy, Mike Ojotu Eke, Peter Agorye Adie & Ndi Betrand Bongjo·Asian Food Science Journal·2023
This study evaluated the effect of adding ginger flour on the storage stability of soymilk. Fresh ginger rhizome was processed to flour by oven drying (OD), sun drying (SD) and ambient drying (AD).The ginger flour were incorporated into processed soymilk at 1 g and 2 g levels, re...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2023/v22i2620