title: Nutritional and sensory evaluation of a complementary food formulated from rice, faba beans, sweet potato flour, and peanut oil.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Childhood malnutrition is a common disorder in developing countries.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To formulate a complementary food from rice, germinated-decoated faba bean, orange-fleshed sweet potato flour, and peanut oil (RFPP formula) for infants aged 6 to 24 months.
  
  
  METHODS
  The nutritional and sensory characteristics of the RFPP complementary food in comparison with those of a commercial complementary food were determined using standard official procedures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The levels of protein (17.89 g/100 g), fat (10.35 g/100 g), carbohydrate (67.82 g/100 g), and energy (435.99 kcal/100 g) of the RFPP complementary food met the specifications of the Codex standard (1991) and the Egyptian Standard No. 3284 (2005). The essential amino acid contents of the RFPP complementary food were higher than the amino acid profile of the Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization/United Nations University (2002) reference protein for children 0.5 to 1 and 1 to 2 years of age. The RFPP complementary food had high levels (54.00%) of monounsaturated fatty acids. However, the highest level of saturated fatty acids (51.10%) was recorded for the commercial complementary food. The sensory evaluation results, using a nine-point hedonic scale ranging from 1 (dislike extremely) to 9 (like extremely), show that the RFPP complementary food was acceptable in appearance (7.20), color (6.35), aroma (6.75), taste (7.25), and mouthfeel (7.10) and had an overall acceptability of 6.40.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The RFPP formulated complementary food was acceptable and adequate in nutrients for weaning purposes.
authors: Amal H
authors: AH
authors: Mahmoud
authors: Ayman Mohammed
authors: AM
authors: El Anany
mesh_terms: D000601:Amino Acids, Essential / Q000032:analysis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000032:analysis; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D004534:Egypt; D002149:Energy Intake; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000032:analysis*; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D027723:Ipomoea batatas; D009753:Nutritive Value; D012275:Oryza; D000074241:Peanut Oil; D010938:Plant Oils; D012677:Sensation; D031307:Vicia faba; D014886:Weaning
chemical_list: D000601:Amino Acids, Essential; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D000074241:Peanut Oil; D010938:Plant Oils