Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Technologia Alimentaria

ISSN:1644-0730, e-ISSN:1898-9594

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Logo
Issues
Submit manuscript
Journal metrics
Indexed in:
Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC (Attribution-NonCommercial)
Issue 13 (3) 2014 pp. 249-256

Ogbonnaya Chinedum Eleazu1, Kate Chinedum Eleazu2, Segun Kolawole3

1National Root Crops Research Institute - NRCRI, Umudike, Nigeria
2
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria
3
Department of Microbiology/Pathology, National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Nigeria

Use of indigenous technology for the production of High Quality Cassava Flour with similar food qualities as wheat flour

Abstract

Background. The aim of the paper was to compare the food qualities of 2 varieties (SME 1 and 2) of high quality cassava flour (HQCF) produced from indigenous technology and that of some commercially sold wheat/HQCF samples.
Material and methods. The pH, proximate, phytochemical, antioxidant, functional properties and starch yield of the flours were carried out using standard techniques.
Results. The wheat flours had higher bulk densities and lipids than the HQCF samples while the oil absorption capacity of the HQCF (SME 2) was higher than other fl our samples investigated. The antioxidant assays of the flours showed that they contained considerable levels of antioxidants with the HQCF sample from DAT having higher antioxidants than other flour samples studied. The HQCF (SME 1) had signifi cantly higher (P < 0.05) starch content among the flour samples. The bacteria counts of the HQCF samples ranged from 0 to 1.4 × 104 cfu/ml while the fungal count ranged from 0 to 2 × 10-3 with the unbranded wheat fl our having the highest microbial load compared with other flour samples studied.
Conclusion. The use of this indigenous technology produces HQCF with lower lipids, microbial contamination but higher flavour retaining ability, flavonoids and starch contents than wheat flour. The signifi cant positive correlation (R2 = 0.872) between reducing power of the samples and their DPPH antioxidant activity indicate that either could be used to assay for the total antioxidant activity of cassava and wheat flour. The study underscores the need to buy flour from branded companies to reduce the risks of microbial contamination.

Keywords: high quality cassava flour, indigenous technology, wheat flour
pub/.pdf Full text available in english in Adobe Acrobat format:
https://www.food.actapol.net/volume13/issue3/3_3_2014.pdf

https://doi.org/10.17306/J.AFS.2014.3.3

For citation:

MLA Eleazu, Ogbonnaya Chinedum, et al. "Use of indigenous technology for the production of High Quality Cassava Flour with similar food qualities as wheat flour." Acta Sci.Pol. Technol. Aliment. 13.3 (2014): 249-256. https://doi.org/10.17306/J.AFS.2014.3.3
APA Eleazu O.C., Eleazu K.C., Kolawole S. (2014). Use of indigenous technology for the production of High Quality Cassava Flour with similar food qualities as wheat flour. Acta Sci.Pol. Technol. Aliment. 13 (3), 249-256 https://doi.org/10.17306/J.AFS.2014.3.3
ISO 690 ELEAZU, Ogbonnaya Chinedum, ELEAZU, Kate Chinedum, KOLAWOLE, Segun. Use of indigenous technology for the production of High Quality Cassava Flour with similar food qualities as wheat flour. Acta Sci.Pol. Technol. Aliment., 2014, 13.3: 249-256. https://doi.org/10.17306/J.AFS.2014.3.3