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Provitamin A carotenoid content of dried fermented cassava flour: The effect of palm oil addition during processing,
Lien de l'article: DOI: 10.2202/1556-3758.1167
Discipline: Sciences pharmaceutiques
Auteur(s): Inocent Gouado , Adelaide Demasse Mawamba , Ruphine Solange Meyimgo Ouambo , Issa Touridomon Some and Tchouanguep Mbiapo Félicité
Auteur(s) tagués: SOME Touridomon Issa
Renseignée par : SOME Touridomon Issa
Résumé

Vitamin A deficiency is a public health problem in developing countries. Cassava is a major staple food for most Africans. Most often, it is processed into dried fermented cassava (commonly called gari) to limit post harvest losses. The white or yellow type of gari can be obtained without or with the addition of red palm oil respectively. However in most African countries, the process is still traditional and the quantity of red palm oil varies from one producer to another. This study aimed to standardize the processing of cassava into gari and determine the carotenoïd content of dried fermented cassava roots cooked with different quantities of red palm oil. Grated samples from 210g of cassava tubers were fermented and fried at 120 C±5 for 10 minutes with (yellow gari) and without whole red palm oil (white gari). The quantities of red palm oil used were 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 ml. The alpha and beta carotene …

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