Delivering the Nutritional Needs by Food to Food Fortification of Staples Using Underutilized Plant Species in Africa

International Journal of Food Science - Tập 2020 - Trang 1-8 - 2020
Ernest Teye1, Christabel Irene Deha1, Rosemond Godbless Dadzie1, Roseline Love MacArthur2
1University of Cape Coast, School of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Food Fraud and Product Integrity Research Group, Cape Coast, Ghana
2University of Cape Coast, Faculty of Science & Technology Education, Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Cape Coast, Ghana

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Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is among the poorest region in the world, and undernourishment continues to be a great challenge although this region is endowed with a lot of underutilized plant species (UUPS), which are rich in nutrients, especially micronutrients that are unavailable in staple foods. The potential for fortifying major staple foods with UUPS could be the remedy. This study seeks to provide an overview of the fortification of staple foods with UUPS in Africa and suggest the way forward for effective nutritional and health benefits. The review revealed that fortification of major staple foods has been investigated: maize with grain amaranth, soybean, and moringa; sweet potato with cowpea, sorghum, bambara groundnut, peanut, and moringa; cassava with African yam bean, breadfruit, pigeon pea, bambara groundnut, moringa, and cowpea; and sorghum with pearl millet and green peas. The others were yam with cowpea, plantain, and moringa, while rice was also fortified with baobab pulp and locust pulp. All these studies were found to be acceptable with dense nutritional properties. Specifically, micronutrients such as magnesium, phosphorous, zinc, potassium, and iron were increased while others showed rise in fibre and protein levels. The fortification of staple foods with UUPS has been shown to be promising; however, more designed feeding trials are required to verify the impact on reducing undernutrition and hidden hunger. To do this, it is recommended that rice fortified with UUPS should be targeted as rice is increasingly becoming the leading and important staple food in Africa.

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International Journal of Food Science

Tập 2020

1-8

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