Adebowale, A. A, Owo, H. O, Sobukola, O. P., Obadina, O. A., Kajihausa, O. E., Adegunwa, M. O, Sanni, L. O. and Tomlins, K. (2017) Influence of storage conditions and packaging materials on some quality attributes of water yam flour. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 3 (1):1385130. pp. 1-16. ISSN 2331-1932 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2017.1385130)

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Abstract

The study investigated some quality attributes of water yam flour stored in three packaging materials [high and low density polyethylene and plastic container] under different storage conditions [relative humidity (36%, 56%, 75% and 96%), temperature (25±2, 35±2 and 45±2 °C)] for 24 weeks. The functional properties, proximate composition and microbial load of the samples were evaluated at 4 weeks interval. Significant differences (p<0.01) were observed for proximate composition, functional properties and microbial load of the samples during storage. The interactive effect of storage conditions and packaging materials was significant (p<0.01) on proximate composition and pasting properties (except trough viscosity). The yam flour samples were still shelf stable after the 24 weeks of storage.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Water yam flour; Storage conditions; Packaging materials; Functional properties
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Food Systems Research Group
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2017 15:25
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/17819

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