Optimization of Extrusion Cooking on the Characteristics of Ready-to-Eat Breakfast Cereal Made from Bambara Groundnut Based Composite Flour

Okafor, Chidinma A. and Falade, Kolawole O (2023) Optimization of Extrusion Cooking on the Characteristics of Ready-to-Eat Breakfast Cereal Made from Bambara Groundnut Based Composite Flour. JOURNAL OF CULINARY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 23 (3). pp. 1-15.

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Abstract

Optimization of extrusion cooking effects on the proximate composition, anti-nutritional factors, mass flow rate, and torque,among other responses of Bambara groundnut-based flour blends, was the objective of this research. Bambara groundnut, pearl millet, malted sorghum, and banana flours were blended in the ratio of 50:20:20:10, respectively. Box–Behnken design of response surface methodology (RSM) was applied. Extrusion cooking reduced crude protein (20.01–17.19%), reduced the activities of oxalates, saponins, and trypsin inhibitors by 88.31%, 87.30%, and 82.35%, respectively, and increased carbohydrate content (57.48–68.82%). Barrel temperature had a strong increasing correlation (R2 = 0.9033) with mass flow rate, while net torque increased (78.15–81.26%) with decreasing screw speed (350–300 rpm). The RSM was successfully used to design, process, and develop prediction model equations for the manufacture of the Bambara groundnut-based breakfast cereal. Therefore, up to 50% Bambara groundnut is acceptable for a nutritionally improved breakfast cereal using extrusion cooking.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences
Depositing User: Cynthia Ugwuoti
Date Deposited: 05 Jun 2025 11:48
Last Modified: 05 Jun 2025 11:48
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/4766

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