期刊名称:African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development = Journal Africain de l'Alimentation, l'Agriculture, Nutrition et le Developpement
印刷版ISSN:1684-5358
电子版ISSN:1684-5374
出版年度:2009
卷号:9
期号:3
DOI:10.4314/ajfand.v9i3.43009
语种:English
出版社:Rural Outreach Program
摘要:Dagaa (Rastrineobola argentea) is one of the most important fish foods for the lowincome households in the Nyanza Province, Kenya. However, the off-flavour and offodour that results from the traditional sun-drying process of sun-dried dagaa is a major disincentive to the use of the fish for human consumption, hence leading to utilization in animal feed. Chemical analyses for pH, Thiobarbituric reactive substances (TBARS), Total volatile bases-nitrogen (TVBN) and aerobic bacterial counts were carried out on dagaa sampled from various process steps within the openfield sun-drying and market conditions. Dagaa was also oven-dried at 30oC, 40oC and 50oC after washing with selected solutions namely salted (3% sodium chloride), chlorinated solutions (100ppm) and potable tap water (control). Results indicated that TBARS values increased significantly (p