PhD research: Development and quality evaluation of a decreased viscosity complementary food made from a combination of maize, soybean and orange-fleshed sweet potato

Date
October 2020 to September 2025
Countries
Keywords
complementary food
about maize
soybean
orange-fleshed sweet potato
viscosity
Institutions
Vaal University of Technology (South Africa)
Research fields
Agriculture and Food Sciences

A complementary food, made from locally grown (Vaal Triangle) soybean, maize and sweet potato will be produced while lowering the viscosity in order to facilitate consumption by the infant. Viscosity decrease will be attempted using endogenous amylase and extrusion technology. Influence of these food technology processes on (anti)nutritional content, cytotoxicity, mycotoxins, and β-carotene stability will be assessed.