Some individuals are intolerant to gluten of wheat and other cereals like oats, rye and barley used for food formulations and this intolerance seriously impairs intestinal absorption. There is need to develop alternative gluten-free flours for baking and confectioneries. This research therefore a...
Adegunwa, M.O.
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Adelekan, E.O.
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Adebowale, A.A.
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Bakare, H.A.
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Alamu, E.O.
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[Evaluation of nutritional and functional properties of plantain (Musa paradisiaca L.) and tigernut (Cyperus esculentus L.) flour blends for food formulations]
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Evaluation of nutritional and functional properties of plantain (Musa paradisiaca L.) and tigernut (Cyperus esculentus L.) flour blends for food formulations
This study investigated the potential of unripe plantain (UP) and orange vesicle (OV) composite flour for cookies production. Proximate composition, functional properties, vitamins and mineral composition of the composite flour were carried out. Data obtained was subjected to Analysis of Variance...
Bananas are important staples in tropical and sub-tropical regions and their potential as a source of provitamin A has recently attracted attention for biofortification. A collection of 189 banana genotypes (AAB-plantains, M. acuminata cultivars and bred hybrids) was screened to determine variabi...
Amah, D.
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Alamu, E.O.
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Adesokan, M.
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Biljon, A. van
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Maziya-Dixon, B.B.
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Swennen, R.
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Labuschagne, M.
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[Variability of carotenoids in a Musa germplasm collection and implications for provitamin A biofortification]
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Variability of carotenoids in a Musa germplasm collection and implications for provitamin A biofortification
Chinchin has been identified to be one the favoured food items and a much-relished pastry which has been eaten as dessert or snack. This study aimed at evaluating the nutritional quality and organoleptic properties of black-pepper enriched Chinchin produced from plantain-tigernuts composite flour...
Adelekan, E.O.
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Adegunwa, M.O.
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Adebowale, A.A.
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Bakare, H.A.
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Alamu, E.O.
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[Quality evaluation of snack produced from black pepper (Piper nigrum L.), plantain (Musa paradisiaca L.) and tigernut (Cyperus esculentus L.) flour blends]
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Quality evaluation of snack produced from black pepper (Piper nigrum L.), plantain (Musa paradisiaca L.) and tigernut (Cyperus esculentus L.) flour blends
his study is aimed at supplementing Watermelon rind flour (WF) into cakes production with Plantain Flour (PF). Six cake samples were produced from the composite mixture of PF and WF in varying proportions of 100:0, 90:10, 80:20,70:30, 60:40 and 50:50. The composite flour of plantain-watermelon ri...