Nutrient Composition Of Pulp And Sensory Evaluation Of The Juice Of Ripe Wild Mango (Irvingia Gabonensis)

ABSTRACT

Irvingia gabonesis is a wide fruit commonly found in the southern Nigeria. The fruit is also known as wild or bush mango which belong the family of Irvingiaceace. The edible pulp of the fruit is used in preparation of juice as a daily menu, it also serves as part of effort to encourage dietary intake and increase the variety of local fruit juice. The pulp was extracted from the fruit pulp, blended homogenously, sieved and chemically analyzed using the standard methods. The result of the nutrient composition show that the juice from the fruit pulp was high in moisture (96.36±0.12%), moderate in carbohydrate (8.61±0.11%), crude ash (8.70±0.01%) and low in protein (2.60±0.10%), crude fiber (1 .46±0.0%) and fats (0.85±0.02). The result also showed that the juice pulp contained appreciable amount of analyzed minerals and vitamins. This suggests that the fresh juice pulp of Irving/a gabonensis is a good variable local juice.