Cassava-soy weaning food: Biological evaluation and effects on rat organs |
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| Authors: | Babajide JM Babajide SO Uzochukwu SVA |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Agriculture, PMB 2240, Abeokuta, Nigeria;(2) Department of Science Technology, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Nigeria |
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| Abstract: | Weaning food was formulated using a cassava product, `Tapioca' (TAP), supplemented with roasted – sproutedsoybeans (SS), with and without additional (10%)malted sorghum flour (MS). Biological evaluation wascarried out on the formulations using 4–5 week oldweanling albino rats, with Cerelac (a commercialmaize-milk weaning food) as the control diet. Therewere increases in growth rate of rats fed with boththe test and control diets. There were no significant(p > 0.05) differences between the test diets andcontrol diet in true digestibility values. Thebiological value (BV) and net protein utilization(NPU) values for the formulated diets were above therecommended minimum values. The weight of organs(small intestine, pancreas, liver and heart) of ratsfed TAP + SS and TAP + SS + MS based diets were nothigher than those of organs of rats fed Cerelac. Itwas concluded that cassava products could potentiallybe employed successfully in the preparation of weaningfoods of comparable quality to available commercialbrands. |
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| Keywords: | Cassava Malted sorghum Soybeans Weaning food |
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