In Africa, Prostephanus truncatus is a destructive pest of economic importance which has assumed a serious pest status on stored maize and dry cassava chips. This study investigates the effect of processing methods of cassava varieties Manihot esculenta on the proximate compositi...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i530420
Edible vegetable oils are very important resource that are in high demand globally, and used in a variety of ways as they are considered a concentrated source of energy for human beings and carriers of oil-soluble vitamins which supply the essential fatty acids that are required...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i530419
Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) is a leguminous crop rich in protein and widely cultivated in Nigeria but underutilized due to high anti-nutritional properties. Several processing methods such as fermentation using non-pathogenic micro fungi have been used to address these problems. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i530418
Food processing links food production to the provision of food of improved quality and nutrient availability, acceptability, preservation to curtail losses and availability in time of need. To maintain these attributes, a critical look at our local food processing methods is requ...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i530417
Kuaté Giscard Kaptso, William Tchabo, Winifred Manyaka, Isabelle Mulango, Mbafor Brain Chebelem, Amungwa Fonteh Athanasius & Carl Moses Mbofung·European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety·2021
Background: Diabetes is a health problem worldwide. The prevalence of diabetes has been steadily increasing for the past three decades. Diabetes prevalence is growing most rapidly particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Areas undergoing rapid westernization and rapid nu...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i530416
Catfish is a traditional part of the diet of a large section of the world’s population. This study compared the effect of smoked and oven-dried catfish on hematological parameters, liver and antioxidant enzymes of wistar rats. Catfish samples were processed by smoking and oven-dr...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i530415
Introduction: The quality of feeding in early childhood depends on nutritional knowledge of mothers. Improving maternal nutrition knowledge is therefore pivotal towards promoting effective infants’ feeding behaviour. Objective: Study assessed mothers’ knowledge about complementar...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i430413
This preliminary risk assessment is a result of self-tasking by the Panel on Biological Hazards, Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety. The suggestion was offered to the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet), which responded and requested a risk profile, or a pre...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i530412
Pasteurisation of all consumer milk became mandatory in Norway in 1953, and this has been an important component of the protective measures that have reduced the incidence of milk and food borne diseases. In 2004, a complete recast of the hygiene legislation addressing both food...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i430403
• coli is part of the normal gastrointestinal microbial flora of humans and animals. E. coli bacteria causing enteric/diarrhoeal disease are categorized into different groups based on their virulence properties and pathogenic features in humans. Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i430404