Chemical and Nutritional Evaluation of Extruded Complementary Foods from Blends of Fonio (Digitaria Exilis Stapf) and Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata L. Walp) Flours

Abstract

Complementary foods were formulated from fonio and cowpea, indigenous cereal and legume grains respectively. Both fonio and cowpea grains were prepared into flours. Blends of 50:50, 60:40 and 70:30 (w/w) fonio and cowpea flours respectively were prepared. The blends were conditioned to 22% moisture content (dry basis) by adding calculated distilled water and 5% vegetable oil was thoroughly mixed with each blend. The blends were separately extruded using a single screw extruder at 140 oC barrel temperature. The raw samples and extrudates were evaluated for proximate composition including crude protein, crude fibre, ash, fat, moisture using standard AOAC methods and trypsin inhibition activity using a recognized method. Nutritional quality of the extrudates was determined using rat feeding method. The animals were fed compounded experimental and control diets for 28 days. They were sacrificed after the experiment and their internal organs were removed and weighed. The results observed in this study revealed that blends of fonio and cowpea flours produced good complementary foods in terms of proximate composition especially protein content which increased with increase amount of cowpea in the blends. Protein content of formulated foods were 16.5- 20.3% compared to 7.91% value for fonio alone. Trypsin inhibition activities were drastically reduced in the extrudates by 81-82% compared to the raw blends used to prepare them. Protein quality evaluation revealed that the extrudates compared favourably with casein diet at 10% isonitrogenous protein level in all attributed studied. The extrudates had high protein quality and can support the growth of infants in developing countries.

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APA

A, O & Oworh, O (2021). Chemical and Nutritional Evaluation of Extruded Complementary Foods from Blends of Fonio (Digitaria Exilis Stapf) and Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata L. Walp) Flours. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/chemical-and-nutritional-evaluation-of-extruded-complementary-foods-from-blends-of-fonio-digitaria-exilis-stapf-and-cowpea-vigna-unguiculata-l-walp-flours

MLA 8th

A, Olapade and O Oworh "Chemical and Nutritional Evaluation of Extruded Complementary Foods from Blends of Fonio (Digitaria Exilis Stapf) and Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata L. Walp) Flours" Afribary. Afribary, 01 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/chemical-and-nutritional-evaluation-of-extruded-complementary-foods-from-blends-of-fonio-digitaria-exilis-stapf-and-cowpea-vigna-unguiculata-l-walp-flours. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

MLA7

A, Olapade, O Oworh . "Chemical and Nutritional Evaluation of Extruded Complementary Foods from Blends of Fonio (Digitaria Exilis Stapf) and Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata L. Walp) Flours". Afribary, Afribary, 01 Apr. 2021. Web. 29 Mar. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/chemical-and-nutritional-evaluation-of-extruded-complementary-foods-from-blends-of-fonio-digitaria-exilis-stapf-and-cowpea-vigna-unguiculata-l-walp-flours >.

Chicago

A, Olapade and Oworh, O . "Chemical and Nutritional Evaluation of Extruded Complementary Foods from Blends of Fonio (Digitaria Exilis Stapf) and Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata L. Walp) Flours" Afribary (2021). Accessed March 29, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/chemical-and-nutritional-evaluation-of-extruded-complementary-foods-from-blends-of-fonio-digitaria-exilis-stapf-and-cowpea-vigna-unguiculata-l-walp-flours