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Although Uganda is well endowed with adequate food supplies, more than one third of the children under the age of five are malnourished and 60% of all deaths of childrenunder five years of age are directly or indirectly attributable to malnutrition. The causesof this public health problem in Uganda are complex and multidisciplinary, but poorquality and quantity of foods given to children play a major role. In this study, weconducted a rat feeding trial experiment in order to explore the potential of a banana-soybased diet optimally incorporated with sesame as a complementary diet to support growthof children. The study applied sensory evaluation and rat feeding trial experiments toinvestigate the optimum level of sesame incorporation in an earlier formulated bananasoydiet and as well explore the nutritional value of the final diet. Crude protein, ash andenergy contents of the formulations were determined using AOAC methods. Data wereanalyzed using GenStat 5 Release 3.2. Nutrient and energy composition was comparedusing ANOVA and PER was compared using t-test. Results showed that a mixture of67% banana, 16.5% soybean and 16.5% sesame flours produced a blend whoseproximate analysis, PER and sensory evaluation studies had satisfactory nutritionalquality, quantity and optimum organoleptic attributes. There was a high nutritionalquality attained when soy and sesame flours were mixed in equal proportions. Thereforeoptimum incorporation of soybean and sesame in banana based complementary diets notonly greatly enhances nutrient density and quality of these diets but also theirorganoleptic attributes. Feeding children these diets could break the cycle of childhoodmalnutrition through reduced feeding of starchy gruels that have low energy and proteincontents or with undesirable sensory properties. The mixture is also easy to prepare atcommunity level and may be adequate for catch up growth among children recoveringfrom malnutrition. Keywords : Malnutrition, Nutrient Density, Optimization, complementary AJFAND Vol. 8 (1) 2008 pp. 104-117

Enhancing nutritional density and quality of banana-soy based complementary diet through substitution with sesame