Sweetpotato-based infant foods produce porridge with lower viscosity and aflatoxin level than cereal-based complementary blends.

ABSTRACT: The viscosity, protein, and total aflatoxins contents in orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) and cereal-based commercial complementary formulations and the effect of dilution on the protein content of the formulations were investigated. Standard procedures were used for the determination of these parameters. Over 80% of the formulations had a viscosity above the recommended consistency of 1000-3000 cP for feeding young children. The consistency of OFSP-legume porridge was significantly (2392.5 cP; p < 0.001) lower, about 1.7 and 3.4 times than cereal-only and cereal-legume blends, respectively. All the complementary flours, except the cereal-only, met the proposed protein requirement of 6 to 11 g per 100 g for feeding children aged 6 to 23 months on an as-is basis. However, the protein conte

SUBMITTER: Amagloh FK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9560132 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature