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Plant-based traditional foods and beverages of Ramotswa Village, Botswana
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020)
Background and objectives: Different communities have various types of edible plants at their nearby ecology from which they process their traditional foods that make the basis of diversified diets for food and nutrition ...
Premilling treatments effects on nutritional composition, antinutritional factors, and in vitro mineral bioavailability of the improved Assosa I sorghum variety (Sorghum bicolor L.).
(Wiley Online Library, 2021-02-03)
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) is among the staple cereal crops in different parts of Ethiopia. However, the presence of antinutritional factors restricts the digestion of proteins and bioavailability different minerals. ...
Bio-based smart materials for fish product packaging: a review.
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2022-04-25)
Conventional packaging offers protection, containment, communication, and convenience to packaged food. The most commonly used packaging materials are petrochemical-based plastics which generate massive wastes that persist ...
Bioactive compounds, antioxidant capacity, functional and sensory properties of optimized complementary weaning flour processed from sorghum, soybean, and karkade (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) seeds
(Elservier, 2023-03)
The study aimed to formulate and optimize complementary weaning flours for better antioxidants and sensory acceptability. D-optimal constrained mixture design was used to generate Eighteen formulations with a range of ...
Perceptions and attitudes of communities on socio-economic importance of camels and consumption of camel milk and camel milk products in Kgalagadi District, Botswana.
(International Society of Camelid Research and Development, 2021)
Camels were introduced to Botswana in the early twentieth century as a means of transport for
the Botswana Police Service in the Kgalagadi District. This service was discontinued in the early 1980s
and the camels were ...
Dough rheology and loaf quality of wheat-cassava bread using different cassava varieties and wheat substitution levels.
(Elsevier, 2020-04)
Cassava flours obtained from 6 cassava varieties grown in Zambia were incorporated into wheat flour for bread making. The effect of cassava variety (CV) and cassava flour substitution level (CFSL) (wheat:cassava, 90:10, ...
The effect of extrusion condition and blend proportion on the physicochemical and sensory attributes of teff-soybean composite flour gluten free extrudates.
(Elsevier Ltd, 2023-11-26)
The effects of soybean-to-teff ratio (SB), feed moisture content (FM) and barrel temperature (BT) on physico-chemical properties and sensory attributes of extruded product from teff-soybean flour blend was studied. Increase ...
Effects of watermelon pulp fortification on maize mageu physicochemical and sensory acceptability.
(Heliyon, 2021-05-25)
Mageu is a non-alcoholic fermented gruel processed from cereal grains, mostly maize and is widely consumed in the Southern African region. The refined maize meal used for mageu processing is limited in dietary fiber, ...
Review on edible water lilies and lotus: Future food, nutrition and their health benefits
(Elservier, 2023)
Water lilies and lotus are regarded as good source of food, nutrition, and medicinal purposes. This review assessed scientific evidence for application of fifteen species of water lilies and lotus as functional and ...