Assessment of the Nutritional Value, Microbial Quality and Sensory Acceptance of Cookies Enriched with Edible Longhorn Grasshoper (Ruspolia Differens Serville) Flours From Different Processing Methods

Providing insights on how different processing techniques influence the nutritional and flavonoids content of Ruspolia differens and exploring the practicability of utilizing processed R. differens flours on development of cookies and the implications on the nutritional value, microbial safety, in vitro protein digestibility, aroma characteristics and sensory acceptance thereof.

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Name of principal investigator Brian Ochieng
Email of principle investigator Brian Ochieng
Collaborators
  • Collaborators: Brian Ochieng
  • Collaborators: Chrysantus Mbi Tanga
  • Collaborators: Sevgan Subramanian
  • Collaborators: Fathiya Khamis
  • Collaborators: Peter J. Egonyu
  • Collaborators: Xavier Cheseto
  • Collaborators: Cynthia Mudalungu
Donor/funding agency BioInnovate Africa Programme (INSBIZ—Contribution ID No. 51050076); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) (ProteinAfrica – Grant No: LS/2020/154), the Curt Bergfors Foundation Food Planet Prize Award, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-032416), Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, the Section for research, innovation, and higher education (RAF–3058 KEN–18/0005); the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida); the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Government of the Republic of Kenya
Start date of project 2019-09-01
End date of project 2021-08-31
Region East Africa
Country(ies)
  • Country: Kenya
Administrative area(s) Nairobi County
Name of contact person Chrysantus Mbi Tanga
Email of contact person ctanga@icipe.org
Date uploaded 2023-09-25
Maintainer Kennedy Senagi
Email of maintainer ksenagi@icipe.org
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Acknowledgement statement BioInnovate Africa Programme (INSBIZ—Contribution ID No. 51050076); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) (ProteinAfrica – Grant No: LS/2020/154), the Curt Bergfors Foundation Food Planet Prize Award, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-032416), Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, the Section for research, innovation, and higher education (RAF–3058 KEN–18/0005); the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida); the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Government of the Republic of Kenya