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dc.contributor.authorMakori, Nyabasi
dc.contributor.authorKassim, Neema
dc.contributor.authorKinabo, Joyce
dc.contributor.authorMatemu, Athanasia
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-23T10:31:04Z
dc.date.available2019-05-23T10:31:04Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-20
dc.identifier.issn1927-0895
dc.identifier.uridoi:10.5539/ jfr. v6n6p 45
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/123456789/177
dc.descriptionResearch Article published by Canadian Center of Science and Education Vol. 6, No. 6; 2017en_US
dc.description.abstractEvaluation of the quality of complementary flour and its nutritional adequacy in relation to infant’s nutritional requirements was done to four different types of complementary flour (composite cereals with groundnuts, maize, millet and sorghum). The collected samples were analysed for determination of macronutrient, micronutrients and phytate content. The mean protein content in all types of complementary f lour was 7.30 ± 2.52 g/100 g. A significant difference in protein content between composite cereals ( p ≤ 0.001) and other types of cereals based foods was observed. Fat and iron content were found to be inadequate in all types of complementary flours. Phytate content rang ed from 59.47 1176.8 mg/100 g, the highest content was observed in sorghum. On the other hand, the mean iron and zinc content in all types of complementary flour was 5.25 ± 1.35 mg/100 g and 2.99 ± 1.36 mg/100 g respectively. The molar ratios of phytate: iron and phytate: zinc were at a level that would tend to inhibit bioavailability of iron and zinc in 97% and 45% of analysed samples respectively. An association between anemia and phytate: iron molar ratio (AOR = 4.2, 95%, 1.2 6.9) was observed. The quality and adequacy of nutrients in cereal-based complementary flour has shown to be inadequate and likely to be compromised by the presence of phytate.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCanadian Center of Science and Educationen_US
dc.subjectComplementary flouren_US
dc.subjectProximate compositionen_US
dc.subjectNutrient requirementen_US
dc.subjectChild growthen_US
dc.titleNutrient Composition of Cereals based Complementary F lour and its Nutritional Adequacy in Infants Nutritionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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