Mineral And Phytate Contents Of Some Prepared Popular Ghanaian Foods

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dc.contributor.authorAnnor, G.A.
dc.contributor.authorDebrah, K.T.
dc.contributor.authorEssen, A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-16T14:44:03Z
dc.date.available2019-01-16T14:44:03Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractPrepared Ghanaian traditional foods, mostly consist of starchy staples such as yams (Dioscorea spp.), cassava (Manihot esculenta), millet (Pennisetum glaucum), maize (Zea mays) and rice (Oryza sativa) etc. These traditional foods are a main source of energy and macronutrients. Little or no information however exist on the mineral and phytate contents of prepared traditional Ghanaian foods. The mineral and phytate contents of twenty commonly eaten Ghanaian foods, prepared using popular recipes were analysed for their Fe, Cu, Zn, Mg, Mn, Ca, Na and K as well as phytate contents after foods were dried. Sodium was high in most of the foods, ranging from 557 mg/100 g for Akple with okro soup, to 193.7 for Kooko and bread. Boiled cowpeas with fried plantain was found to contain the highest amount of potassium (409.0 mg/100 g) followed by konkonte with groundnut soup (384.7 mg/100 g). Kooko with bread recorded the lowest potassium content of 131.72 mg/100 g. Konkonte with palm-nut soup and also with groundnut soup were among the foods found to contain high amounts of iron (14.1 mg/100 g and 13.2 mg/100 g respectively). All the foods were very good sources of minerals and will significantly contribute to the mineral intakes of consumers; however, their sodium contents were of concern.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI 10.1186/s40064-016-2202-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/26855
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Plusen_US
dc.subjectMineralen_US
dc.subjectGhanaianen_US
dc.subjectDishesen_US
dc.subjectPhytateen_US
dc.subjectPopularen_US
dc.subjectIronen_US
dc.subjectZincen_US
dc.subjectCalciumen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.titleMineral And Phytate Contents Of Some Prepared Popular Ghanaian Foodsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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