Nutritional Evaluation and Functional Analysis of Children’s Food Made from Maize, Dates, Groundnut and Soyabeans for Household Use| Chapter 5 | Current Innovations in Disease and Health Research Vol. 1

 The study reports the Nutrition, physiochemical, working analysis of completing food made from maize, dates, nut and soya beans. The nutritional, synthetic and mineral reasoning was investigated by analyzing the liquid content, crude protein, unrefined petroleum, ash content, crude fibre, oxygen content, phosphorus and ascorbic acid. The Association of Official Analytical Chemist (AOAC, 1990) arrangements were used. The close composition of maize soya beans groundnut dates base completing food shows dampness, 4.96 ± 0 .19, ash = 0.57 ± 0.03, lipid = 24.97 ± 0.12, protein = 13.15 ± 0.40, fibre = 0.00 ± 0.00, CHO = 56.36 ± 0. 11. Functional possessions of maize soybeans groundnut dates based completing food: most density (BD) = 0.66, Water Absorption Capacity (WAC) = 4.30, Oil holding Capacity (OHC) = 2.11, lump capacity (SC) = 0.30, PH = 6.15. The audiovisual evaluation results was; perfume = 56.3333±45.74203, colour = 40.0000±35.80503, texture = 43.2500±37.55330, overall acceptability = 84.5000 ± 4.94975, palatability = 85.0000 ± 7.07107, taste = 56.3333±45.74203. From the results of the study, the following judgments were made; the essential vitamins needed for the well-being of households and that of a growing teenager is present in appreciable amounts and has agreeable properties (Colour, texture, taste, etc.). Therefore, the study advises that families or households bear utilize these completing foods, as they are relativity inferior in procurement and nutritionally enough.

Author(s) Details:

E. Okwori,
National Agricultural Research Extension and Liaison Services (NAERLS), Ahmadu Bello University (A.B.U), Zaria, Nigeria.

R. O. Onu,
National Agricultural Research Extension and Liaison Services (NAERLS), Ahmadu Bello University (A.B.U), Zaria, Nigeria.

I. I. Odunze,
Division of Agricultural Colleges (DAC), Ahmadu Bello University (A.B.U), Zaria, Nigeria.

M. Zango,
National Agricultural Research Extension and Liaison Services (NAERLS), Ahmadu Bello University (A.B.U), Zaria, Nigeria.

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