'Yellow is good for you': Consumer perception and acceptability of fortified and biofortified cassava products.

ABSTRACT: Vitamin A, an essential micronutrient for health, can be obtained from various food sources including cassava products made from either traditional white cassava varieties fortified with red palm oil containing provitamin A, or new high provitamin A biofortified yellow cassava varieties. Both products have a similar yellow appearance due to the coloured pigmentation of provitamin A. Using a range of methods to provide a comprehensive understanding of sensory acceptability (blind triangle test, sensory profiling, hedonic preference that included Check-all-that-applies and Just-about-right tests), we tested the acceptability and nutritional perception of traditional West-African food dough-like products (eba and fufu) made from biofortified, fortified, or control products made with non-forti

SUBMITTER: Bechoff A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6138417 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature