Nutrients, functional properties, storage stability and costing of complementary foods enriched with either termites and fish or commercial micronutrients

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-158

  Kinyuru, J N ^a   Konyole, S O ^b,c   Onyango Omolo, S A ^b   Kenji, G M ^a   Onyango, C A ^a   Owino, V O ^d   Owuor, B O ^e   Estambale, B B ^b   Roos, N ^f  

^a JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA   (Kenya)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Entomophagy; Food processing; Infant and young child feeding; Insects; Nutrient density

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006079006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/jiff2014.0011     Document Type: Article

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