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WHOLE SOYBEANS AS A MEANS OF INCREASING PROTEIN AND CALORIES IN MAIZE‐BASED DIETS
Author(s) -
BRESSANI R.,
MURILLO B.,
ELÍAS L. G.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1974.tb02952.x
Subject(s) - calorie , food science , protein quality , malnutrition , taste , biology , medicine , endocrinology , pathology
Studies have indicated that one factor responsible for protein‐calorie malnutrition in children is the deficiency of good‐quality protein and calories in their habitual diets. Previous investigations attempted to solve the problem by means of supplementation with good‐quality protein, but this research has not considered direct correction of the calorie deficit. Thus studies were carried out to improve both the protein quality and calorie content with a single food: soybean, added and processed together with maize. Two types of food preparations were studied: tortillas made from 85% maize and 15% whole soybeans (processed together by the lime‐cooking treatment used for maize) which when compared to the usual one, had a higher protein and calorie content, and was very acceptable in both appearance and taste. Higher levels of soybean mixed with maize were also tested to develop food preparations with higher concentrations of both calories and protein. These were also processed by the lime‐cooking treatment. From these tests a mixture of soybean and maize in the proportion 28g soybean to 72g maize gave a food preparation with 18% protein, 10% fat and a high‐protein quality as measured by its PER. The use of higher soybean levels did not improve protein quality, and the yields of the resultant products decreased.