Effect of cowpea flour processing on the chemical properties and acceptability of a novel cowpea blended maize porridge.

Childhood growth stunting is a pervasive problem in Malawi and is in large part due to low quality complementary foods and chronic gut inflammation. Introducing legumes such as cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) into the complementary diet has the potential to improve childhood growth by improving diet qual...

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Main Authors: Theresa N Ngoma, Ulemu K Chimimba, Agnes M Mwangwela, Chrissie Thakwalakwa, Kenneth M Maleta, Mark J Manary, Indi Trehan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6039016?pdf=render