Assessment of the potential industrial applications of commercial dried cassava products in Nigeria
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2016-10-12
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Variations in the functional and pasting proper
ties of four groups of commercial dried cassava product in
Nigeria were evaluated in this study, to explore their poten
tial for use as industrial raw materials. In total, 692 prod
ucts were analyzed using standard analytical methods. The
functional and pasting properties of the samples were found
to vary significantly (p < 0.05). Toasted cassava was found
to have the highest water absorption capacity, at 467.42 %,
and dried cassava the lowest, at 252.57 %. Conversely, dried cassava was found to have the highest peak and
breakdown viscosities, and toasted cassava the lowest. A
significant (p < 0.01) positive correlation was found to exist
between dispersibility and the swelling power (r = −0.93)
and solubility index (r = −0.84) of the cassava products.
Meanwhile, the correlation between dispersibility and the
peak (r = −0.75) and breakdown (r = −0.72) viscosities was
positive and significant (p < 0.05). Therefore, the authors of
this study conclude that user industries such as the food,
paper, adhesives, textiles and plywood sectors might require
information on the pre-processing of cassava-based feed
stock, so as to predetermine the technical usability of such
raw materials within their industrial processes.
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59. Wasiu Awoyale, Adebayo B. Abass, Malu Ndavi, Bussie Maziya-Dixon, and Michael Sulyok (2017): Assessment of the potential industrial applications of commercial dried cassava products in Nigeria. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization, 11 (2): 598–609. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-016-9428-7