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Nutriet Composition of Complementary Food Formulated From Millet, Maize, Plantain and Soybean
Author(s) -
Adeoso Abiodun Olaitan,
Oyebamiji Olufunke Layo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.lb429
Subject(s) - food science , taste , composition (language) , mathematics , agronomy , biology , philosophy , linguistics
Formulation of complementary diets is an alternative to ready‐made canned foods from local available staples to cut cost and improve nutritional status of the Nigerian child. Dried ground flours from plantain and processed soybean were mixed with either roasted ground millet or maize flours to formulate two Blends‐A (maize only) and B‐(millet only) both at ratio 10: 30: 60. Another blend mixed at ratio 10: 30:30:30 named C from the four composite flours were also prepared. The blends were prepared into porridges for sensory evaluation thereafter. The crude fibre contents of processed soya bean, millet, maize and plantain were 4.75%, 8.5%, 6.0%, and 8.75% respectively. Ash content was 2.37%, 1.13%, 0.80% and 2.5% respectively following the sequence above. Crude protein in soybean was highest with 9.50%, millet 8.55%, maize 8.50% and plantain 4.50%. Crude fat was highest in soybean with 25.13%, 7.0% in millet, 7.5% in plantain and lowest in maize 5.75%. Six of the ten students who evaluated the porridges made from the three blends found blend B most acceptable. This they attributed to the malty taste of blend B which has a higher volume of millet because of its unusual taste, thickness and color. The blends can therefore be used as complementary foods to improve the nutritional status of children and as a substitute for common traditional pap made solely from maize. INTRODUCTION Protein‐Energy‐Malnutrition is one of the major threat to child development globally. In Nigeria, according to the 10 years retrospective review carried at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu, 1 out of every 35 children suffer from malnutrition. This unfortunate trend in a land flowing with milk and honey like ours is due to ignorance mainly as so many mothers believe that only “canned” foods can do the infant good. Although many works has been done on complementary foods, but the general acceptability is low till date OBJECTIVE The quest to use locally produced staples in the production of complementary foods that are cheaper than the commercially available ones and at the same time nutritious gave birth to this work. COMPOSITE FLOUR FORMULATION Three blends of composite were formulated as follows. Plantain, soybean and maize (10:30:60). (Blend A) Plantain, soybean and millet (10:30:60). (Blend B) Plantain, soybean and maize and millet (10:30:30:30). (Blend C)