The physicochemical and pasting characteristics of 18 varieties of Dioscorea alata (an underutilized yam species) were determined in comparison to pona, (a local and most preferred Dioscorea rontundata variety in Ghana) to contribute to knowledge base of D. alata for product dive...
Background: The consumption of uncooked comminuted fermented meat (UCFM) contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) poses a public health risk. The severity of such a health risk can be demonstrated by an outbreak that occurred in South Australia in 1995, whe...
Meat, dairy, eggs and fish are important components of the European diet These animal products are not only important in terms of taste and tradition; they also provide essential nutrients such as proteins, iron, calcium and vitamins. Fish also provides essential fatty acids and...
Background: Popcorn is cereal grains originated from a wild grass (Zea mays everta). Human consume popcorn as snacks. Popcorn provides a full complement of nutrition benefits, including dietary fibre, protein and essential micronutrient. Processing methods, such as, sprouting and...
Selected traditional Nigerian diets: Garri with afang soup, pounded yam with edikang ikong soup and ekpang nkukwo alongside a reference diet, plantain with beans porridge, were investigated for their efficacy for use in management of diabetes mellitus. The proximate composition o...
The term “probiotics” (meaning “for life” in Greek) refers products containing live microorganisms, which increase the population of friendly intestinal bacteria upon ingestion. Several new dairy product formulations containing probiotic cultures are being developed with such mic...
This study was aimed to investigate the effects of chemical treatment as well as pasteurization on the shelf life of “kunun zaki” (a non-alcoholic beverage commonly consumed by the people of northern Nigeria), to increase the shelf life and preserve the quality of the beverage. K...
Glycemic indices (GIs) and insulin responses are useful for measuring biological effects and consequences of carbohydrates when designing healthy diets, particularly for people with or at risk of developing diabetes and others disorders such as metabolic syndrome. In this study,...
The aim of this work was to study proteolytic activity of actinidin in comparison with chymosin and ficin on bovine milk substrate. The specific activities of purified ficin and actinidin were 7.9 and 8.3 unit/mg protein, respectively. The optimum clotting activity of both actini...