The incorporation of nutritionally-rich yet underutilized local crops into popularly consumed cookies could be employed to address undernourishment in snacking. Hence, the feasibility of producing cookies from wheat flour, soybean and orange fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP) was inve...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2024/v23i7723
Aims: To assessing the effect of boiling and fermentation on Proximate, mineral, dietary fibre and phytochemical compositions of the raw and processed Lentinus squarrosulus mushroom. Study Design: The mushroom was cultivated, processed into boiled and fermented flour and then ana...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2023/v22i5631
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
Bread was produced from wheat (Trititum spp) orange flesh sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) flour, starch and non-starch residue blends. The orange-fleshed sweet potatoes were washed, peeled, sliced, dried and milled to flour. The starch and non-starch residue were also produced...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2021/v20i330274
The present study was aimed at assessing the physical characteristics and mineral composition of breads produced from blends of wheat-defatted/undefatted cashew kernel flours. Cashew kernel was processed into flour and thereafter divided into two portions. One portion was left un...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2021/v20i230259
Phytochemical composition and nutritive value of unripe and ripe pepper fruits (Dennettia tripetala-DT) were investigated. Phytochemical, proximate, minerals and vitamin composition were carried out using standard methods. The unripe fruit of DT had significant (P<0.05) higher...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2019/v9i430020
The effect of Lactobacillus species and Saccharomyces cerevisiae on the mineral and anti-nutrient composition of kunu samples was investigated. Two species of Lactobacillus and yeast were used as starter cultures for the fermentation of kunu which was allowed to ferment for 48 h...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/44023