Effects Of Cooking With Potash On The Nutrient Content (Proximate Composition And Mineral Content: Zn, Fe, Ca, P And Mg) Of Some Selected Traditional Foods (Cowpeas, Breadfruit And Oil Bean Seed)
ABSTRACT
The effect of
cooking with potash on the nutrient contents (proximate composition and mineral
contents (Fe, Ca, P, Ca, Mg, and Zn) of some selected * traditional foods
(Cowpea, breadfruit and oil bean seed) was investigated. Addition of potash
into the cooking water affected some of the organoleptic properties of the
foods such as colour, taste and texture. Sensory evaluation showed that potash
can significantly result in darkening the colour of foods (Cowpea, breadfruit
& oil bean seed), could improve flavour of the foods, with no sicnificant
difference in the textures. For the cowpea samples, the crude protein, crude
fat, crude fibre, Fe and P were reduced with the addition of potash (PczO.05)
and moisture, ash, carbohydrate, Mg, Ca and Zn increased significantly. The
breadfruit samples were adversely affected in moisture, crude protein, crude
fat, ash, Ca, and Mg, with the addition of potash at varying levels (O.5g,
1.Og, and 2.Og); Crude fibre, carbohydrate, Zn, P and Fe increased
significantly (P>O.05). Crude protein, crude fat, ash, crude fibre and zinc
reduced with the addition, of potash ( O.5g, 1 .Og, and 2.Og) in oil bean seed
and increased the carbohydrate, moisture, Fe, P, Ca, and Mg. Thus, the addition
of potash into' cooking water of the traditional foods (cowpea, breadfruit and
oil bean seed) should be carefully used and regulated.
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UZOMA, C (2021). Effects Of Cooking With Potash On The Nutrient Content (Proximate Composition And Mineral Content: Zn, Fe, Ca, P And Mg) Of Some Selected Traditional Foods (Cowpeas, Breadfruit And Oil Bean Seed). Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved May 17, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effects-of-cooking-with-potash-on-the-nutrient-content-proximate-composition-and-mineral-content-zn-fe-ca-p-and-mg-of-some-selected-traditional-foods-cowpeas-breadfruit-and-oil-bean-seed-7-2
CHIOMA, UZOMA. "Effects Of Cooking With Potash On The Nutrient Content (Proximate Composition And Mineral Content: Zn, Fe, Ca, P And Mg) Of Some Selected Traditional Foods (Cowpeas, Breadfruit And Oil Bean Seed)" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 30 Jun. 2021, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effects-of-cooking-with-potash-on-the-nutrient-content-proximate-composition-and-mineral-content-zn-fe-ca-p-and-mg-of-some-selected-traditional-foods-cowpeas-breadfruit-and-oil-bean-seed-7-2. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
CHIOMA, UZOMA. "Effects Of Cooking With Potash On The Nutrient Content (Proximate Composition And Mineral Content: Zn, Fe, Ca, P And Mg) Of Some Selected Traditional Foods (Cowpeas, Breadfruit And Oil Bean Seed)". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 30 Jun. 2021. Web. 17 May. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effects-of-cooking-with-potash-on-the-nutrient-content-proximate-composition-and-mineral-content-zn-fe-ca-p-and-mg-of-some-selected-traditional-foods-cowpeas-breadfruit-and-oil-bean-seed-7-2 >.
CHIOMA, UZOMA. "Effects Of Cooking With Potash On The Nutrient Content (Proximate Composition And Mineral Content: Zn, Fe, Ca, P And Mg) Of Some Selected Traditional Foods (Cowpeas, Breadfruit And Oil Bean Seed)" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2021). Accessed 17 May. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/effects-of-cooking-with-potash-on-the-nutrient-content-proximate-composition-and-mineral-content-zn-fe-ca-p-and-mg-of-some-selected-traditional-foods-cowpeas-breadfruit-and-oil-bean-seed-7-2