Cassava Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato Composite Gari: A Potential Source of Dietary Vitamin A

Cassava Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato Composite Gari: A Potential Source of Dietary Vitamin A

Gari, a fermented granular cassava food product, continues to play a major role in the diets of West Africans. The white cassava commonly used for this product is devoid of provitamin A but may have a significant concentration of cyanogenic compounds. The physicochemical and functional properties of...

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Main Authors: Richard Atinpoore Atuna, Matthew Atongbiik Achaglinkame, Trudy Abla Sitsofe Accorley, Francis Kweku Amagloh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Nutrition
Subjects:
carotene
cassava
cyanogenic compound
gari
orange-fleshed sweetpotato
provitamin A
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.646051/full

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