Evaluation of Nutritive Value of Yam Based Weaning Food Fortified With Soy and Vegetables Minerals Sources

摘要

To make yam (Dioscorea spp) more useful as low-cost, nutritive weaning food, it has been developed ascheme for processing it into infant flours with a long shelf-life. An attempt was allow to highlight howmanufacturing process and the incorporation of soybean (Glycine max), baobab pulp (Andasonia digitata), locustpulp or seeds (Parkia biglobosa) and Cerathoteca sesamoides leaves, modifies nutritive value of formulated infantfoods prepared from fermented yam. Nutrient bioavailabilities of the formulations thus prepared were evaluated. Inaddition, antinutrient content in infant flours has been investigated. The results obtained show that, there isimprovement in the nutrient quality of the formulated complementary foods containing malted millet, MCS andMNB. In general infant flours formulated retained an acceptable level on antinutrients content.