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Evaluation Of The Physico Chemical An Sensory Properties Of Infant Food Produced From Maize, Soybean And Tiger Nut
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1.2 Uses Of Soybeans
When
the farmer sells soybeans to a grain dealer, the beans may then go to a
number of ultimate destinations. When processed, a 60-pound bushel will
yield about 11 pounds of crude soybean oil and 47 pounds of soybean
meal. Soybeans are about 18% oil and 38% protein. Because soybeans are
high in protein, they are a major ingredient in livestock feed. Soybeans
are processed for their oil (see uses below) and meal (for the animal
feed industry). A smaller percentage is processed for human consumption
and made into products including soy milk, soy flour, soy protein, tofu
and many retail food products. Soybeans are also used in many non-food
(industrial) products.
Some soybeans are needed to produce another
crop each year. High quality soybeans are grown, harvested and purchased
by the seed industry to be used as seed for the next year’s crop.
Researchers in the seed industry focus on developing new soybean
varieties with outstanding characteristics including high yield, lodging
resistance, nematode resistance, herbicide tolerance, and many other
desirable characteristics.
Food for Humans
Nearly all soybeans are
processed for their oil. Soy processors (such as Cargill & ADM)
take the raw soybeans and separate the oil from the meal. The oil may be
refined for cooking and other edible uses, or sold for biodiesel
production or industrial uses. The processors bake the high-protein
fiber that is left after the oil is removed and sell it for animal feed.
Soybean
oil is used in cooking and frying foods. Margarine is a product made
from soybean oil. Salad dressings and mayonnaises are made with soybean
oil.
Some foods are packed in soybean oil (tuna, sardines, etc.)
Baked breads, crackers, cakes, cookies and pies usually have soybean oil
in them.
Feed for Animals
The high-protein fiber (that which
remains after processing has removed the oil) is toasted and prepared
into animal feed for poultry, pork, cattle, other farm animals and
pets. The poultry and swine industries are major consumers of soybean
meal. Over half of the soybeans processed for livestock feed are fed to
poultry, about one-quarter is fed to swine, and the rest is used for
beef cattle, dairy cattle and pet food.
Soy protein is increasingly
found in fish food, both for home aquariums and for the fish grown for
eating. Most marine species were fed fish meal at one time, but the
scarcity and increasing cost of fish meal has led producers to switch to
high protein soymeal for a variety of marine species. Around the world,
soy protein may be found in feed for most animals.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study aimed to evaluate the physicochemical and sensory properties of maize, soybean and tigernut based infant food that could be adoptable at house-hold level by rural dwellers.Randomized Study Design was adopted for the study: Soybean seeds were washed, soaked overnight, cooked, dehulled, dried and milled into flour to pass a 300µm sieve. Tigernut tubers were washed, soaked for 96h, dried and milled into flour (300µm). Three weaning foods; STF1 (Tigernut: 75%; soybean: 15%); STF2 (T ... Continue reading---
