Aim: The guarantee of quality and safety of foods and all the agents involved in the processes of the food chain in the covid times is of public health concern. This study aimed to evaluate the safety quality of street vended ‘Ogi’ from selected Street hawkers in Iwo, Nigeria in...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i930452
Aims: To investigate the health and the physiological status of farm animals. Study Design: We formulated seven (7) samples from ACHA and orange-fleshed sweet potato mixture with two (2) samples serving as control. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Food Science and Techn...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i930451
Hypertension is one of the major risk factors which leads to cardiovascular diseases, and the typical treatment for hypertension is drug therapy. However, as there are side effects to drug therapy, there has been an increase in research on legume proteins as biopeptides have show...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i930450
Snacks from the blends of cocoyam and Bambara groundnut composite flour blends were developed through extrusion cooking Technology. Response Surface Methodology (RSM), formulations, and optimization of the process variables. The objective was to establish the optimum level of the...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i930449
Whey protein concentrate (WPC) are an group of whey (Milk serum) based food ingredient. They are used in confectionary product, ready to eat cereals, nutritional bars, and sports beverages. ...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i930448
The aim of this study was to investigate the Physicochemical and nutritional properties of unfermented and fermented Roselle seeds. Datou is a product of the traditional alkaline fermentation of Hibiscus sabdariffa seeds consumed as food condiment in many African countries includ...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i930447
Burfi is Indian most famous milk sweet based on khoa. Quinoa is one of the world's most famous wellbeing food sources. It has gluten, high in protein and one of only a handful of exceptional plant food sources that contain each of the nine fundamental amino acids. Stevia also con...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i830445
The study aimed at the production and evaluation of breakfast cereals (flakes) formulated from composite blends of corn (Zea mays) flour and quinoa seed flour (Chenopodium quinoa); a pseudo cereal that has recently gained the interest of researchers due to its unique functional p...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i830444
Effects of roasting and γ-irradiated (2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 kGy) peanuts on toxicological parameters were evaluated through feeding of Wistar rats fed for a period of eight weeks. Physical appearance, body weight, hematological, serum biochemistry and tissue pathological parameters...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i830443
In this study, the fortification of malted sorghum with cocoa powder to produce non–alcoholic beverage was investigated. Cocoa powder was blended with malted sorghum in different proportion to produce fortified sorghum beverage products at ratio MS 10- (90% malted sorghum and 10%...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i830442
Aim: In this study, moringa seed flour was subjected to treatments (boiling and roasting) and used to fortify sorghum flour (Kunun Zaki flour). Study Design: The blend ratios of Kunun Zaki flour and Moringa seed flour were 100:0 (control), 95:5, 90:5, 85:15, and 80:20 which were...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i830441
Finding a bio-composite film to replace petroleum-based synthetic plastic has received considerable attention in recent years. In this research, biocomposite films were effectively prepared using corn cob powder and coconut coir as reinforcing materials in various concentrations...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i730440
Theophilus M. Ikegwu, Chika U. Obiora, Joy C. Mba, Eunice N. Odo & Nkemakonam M. Anene·Asian Food Science Journal·2022
Two cocoyam varieties (Colocasia esculenta) known as taro grown in Cross-River State and Bendel were subjected to different processing conditions (boiling and drying) and the effect of boiling temperature, boiling time and drying temperatures were investigated. They were processe...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i730439
Aims: This research aimed at determining the chemical and nutritional properties of composite flour produced from wheat, mushroom and unripe plantain composite flour in order to explore its potentials in food formulation. Study Design: The experiment followed a completely randomi...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i730437
This study was carried out to assess complementary feeding practices of under-five children in Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. A cross-sectional descriptive survey research was adopted for the study. The population for the study consisted of nursing mothers with...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i730438