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March 14, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Assessment of the Physicochemical Properties of Nutrient-Enriched Garri From Pro-Vitamin a Cassava and Soybean

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OAOluwatobi AdeyemiABAbiola Temitope Balogun

Key Points

  • The study aims to enhance the nutrient quality of garri by fortifying it with soybean and pro-vitamin A cassava.
  • Examined garri from three geographical locations in Nigeria as control.
  • Analyzed physicochemical properties including HCN, pH, and carotene content.
  • Used general linear model analysis for evaluating functional properties.
  • Fermented NDG showed decreased HCN levels and increased carotene and protein content.
  • Unfermented NDG had the highest levels of fat, fiber, ash, and minerals.
  • Significant results for pH, TTA, loose bulk density, packed bulk density, swelling capacity, and gelatinous capacity.

Abstract

Garri is a popular and commonly consumed staple food in Nigeria especially among the Eastern and Southern Nigerians. It is nutritionally inadequate with main nutrient as carbohydrate. We examined the potential of yellow cassava fortification with soybean in the production of Nutrient dense garri (NDG) to improve nutrient quality of garri. Garri from three geographical locations in Nigeria serve as control. The Hydrogen cyanide (HCN), pH, and carotene content of the pro-vitamin A cassava decreased with processing. General linear model analysis of the functional properties returned F(11, :0.05) = 24175.5, 5.12, 7.51, 9.43, 7.45 and 346.30 that are all significant for pH, TTA, loose bulk density, packed bulk density, swelling capacity and gelatinous capacity respectively. Fermented NDG has the least mean HCN, the highest carotene and protein while unfermented NDG contained highest fat, fibre, ash and minerals. The study concluded and recommended fortification of yellow flesh cassava with soybean in garri processing to reduce malnutrition

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Adeyemi et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b4fc59b39f7826a300d2a3https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18978746
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