Background and Aims: Beetroot, papaya and pineapple constitute important natural ingredients in producing functional foods due to the presence of bioactive and antioxidant compounds. Therefore, this study aimed to formulate and evaluate the physicochemical composition and antioxi...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2025/v24i4779
Moringa and African walnut seeds were processed into flour and evaluated for tannin, total phenol and anti-oxidant activity. Different formulations of wheat, African walnut and Moringa seed composite flour (A: WHF 100%: AWF 0;MSF 0, B= WHF 77.5%:AWF 20%: MSF 2.5%, C=WHF 75%: AWF...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i230410
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence gum Arabic incorporation on the proximate composition and sensory properties of biscuits produced from flour blends of wheat and water yam. Water yam was processed into flour and used in composite with wheat flour for biscuit pr...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2020/v18i130201
The study investigates the chemical, physical and sensory properties of sweet potato and acha flour based biscuits. The work was aimed at ameliorating the quality of acha-based biscuit with addition of sweet potato flour. Flour blends were produced by substituting sweet potato in...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2020/v16i430178
The research is aimed at adding value to sweet potato based biscuits using underutilized crops such as cashew nuts. The objective of the study was to add value to sweet potato based biscuits, the sweet potato was processed into flour; while the cashew nuts was unroasted cashew nu...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2020/v14i330130
Biscuits were produced from wheat, African walnut and Moringa seed flour blends and chemical, physical, in-vitro protein digestibility, ant-nutrient and sensory properties of the products were evaluated. Chemical compositions of the biscuit samples revealed that sample E was sign...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2020/v14i130120
Sesame (Sesamum indicum, L.) is the main important crop, edible oil source and protein in Saudi Arabia. In the present study, wheat flour supplemented with sesame cake flour (SCF) at different levels of substitution 20%, 30% and 40% for biscuits making. Biscuits sensory evaluatio...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/45232
Turmeric tuber and acha grain were dried, milled, sieved to produce respective flours. The turmeric flour was substituted (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5%) into acha flour to produced acha-turmeric flour blend and other ingredients (baking fat, baking powder, salt, sugar and water) was used t...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/43365
The research is aimed at adding value to acha based biscuits using less known and underutilized crops such as tigernuts. The objective of the study was to add value to acha based biscuits Tiger(brown) seeds were sorted, washed and oven dried(450C for 12hrs), milled(Attrition Mill...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/39644