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| Title: | EFFECTS OF TRADITIONAL FOOD PROCESSING METHODS ON NUTRIENT COMPOSITIONS AND ANTI-NUTRITIONAL FACTORS OF GRASS PEA (Lathyrus sativus L.) FOODS CONSUMED, IN ETHIOPIA |
| Authors: | GASHAW, GOBEZIE |
| Advisors: | Dr. Gulelat Desse |
| Keywords: | traditional food processing methods
ODAP
tannin
phytate
anti-nutritional factors
nutrient composition
Grass pea |
| Copyright: | Jun-2010 |
| Date Added: | 4-May-2012 |
| Publisher: | AAU |
| Abstract: | The study was conducted to determine the effects of various traditional processing methods
such as roasting, boiling, preparing unleavened bread (kitta) and sauce (shiro wott) on
nutrient composition, and the level of anti-nutritional factors of grass pea (Lathyrus
sativus).
Mean moisture, crude fiber, crude protein, crude fat, total ash and crude
carbohydrate contents of raw grass pea were 8.26, 8.57, 22.81, 0.61, 2.75 and 65.26%,
respectively.
The changes in moisture, crude protein, crude fat, total ash and crude
carbohydrate contents were found to be significant for the processing methods. There were
9.47 % and 10.39% increased in protein content of roasted and boiled while there were
6.22 % and 8.46 % of lowered value of crude protein in unleavened bread and sauce. The
increase in fat content of roasted, boiled and unleavened samples was found to be
significant but not sauce samples. Roasted, boiled and sauce samples were decreased in
ash content by 8.36 %, 16.36% and 16 %, respectively. The Ca contents increased in
boiled and roasted samples. 38.45 % and 14.34 % of calcium content were decreased in
unleavened bread and sauce. The P and Zn contents of grass pea samples almost in all
processing methods showed significant difference. There was no a significant difference
(P<0.05) in the iron content due to roasting, boiling and sauce making
In unleavened
bread and roasted samples, the Fe and Zn contents were increased. The results indicated
that the processing methods had considerable effect on the nutrient composition and
mineral contents. The raw grass pea seeds contained considerable amounts of phytic acid,
(579.76 mg/100 g), tannin (352.04mg/100g and -ODAP (421.18mg/100g). These were
reduced significantly (P<0.05) due to the traditional processing methods. The phytate
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content was decreased by 33.21 %, 29.76 %, 70.98 % and 74.32 % respectively in roasted,
boiled, unleavened bread and sauce samples. Tannin content was also decreased by 54.06
%, 33.21 %, 91.67 % and 83.11 % in roasted, boiled, unleavened bread and sauce samples
respectively. Similarly, the content of -ODAP was reduced by 12.03 %, 38.27 % and
47.22 % after roasting, boiling and preparing sauce respectively. 52% of the total
phosphorus was present as phytate phosphorus in the unprocessed grass pea seeds. The
traditional processing methods resulted in a significant decrease in phytate phosphorus with
a corresponding marked increase in non-phytate phosphorus. Preparing sauce was found to
be the best processing method, followed by unleavened bread, boiling and roasting seeds
for reducing the content of phytate phosphorus. The processing method decreased the
phytate: iron and phytate: zinc molar ratio and increased the calcium: phytate molar ratio.
Boiling and preparing sauce (shiro wott) of grass pea were found to be the best cooking
methods for healthy eating. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2594 |
| Appears in: | Thesis - Food Engineering
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