Nutritional and Health Aspects of Food in Western Africa
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Nutritional and Health Aspects of Food in Western Africa

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Nutritional and Health Aspects of Food in Western Africa

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Nutritional and Health Aspects of Native West African Foods is part of an ongoing series that continues to build out Elsevier's Nutritional and Health Aspects of Traditional and Ethnic Foods series. Written by a gender diverse team of experts, this book explores native and wild West African foods from Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria where 60% of West Africa live. Through valorization trials, the book analyzes nutritional components and the processing and safety of native plants and botanicals and shows how indigenous foods such as grains, fruits, tubers, fungi and cheese make a global impact on diet-related health claims and disease.From handling and processing methods to regulatory issues and sustainable farming, this book presents a framework to discover the influence of historical eating habits on today's diets.• Promotes global availability and insight into native West African foods available in Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria • Reviews the safety, processing and health benefits of these foods • Explores both scientific and anecdotal diet-related health claims • Analyzes nutritional components of native plants through valorization trials for global market • Presents framework to determine if these foods meet local and international regulatory requirements and presents strategies to remedy non-compliance

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Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2024
ISBN
9780443273858
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Food Science
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Contributors
  6. Chapter 1. An overview of West African traditional foods: Processing, safety and health benefits
  7. Chapter 2. History of eating customs, food traditions, and dietary taboos across Western Africa: An overview on health implications, safety measures, and regulatory frameworks
  8. Chapter 3. Technological and nutraceutical development potentials of some traditional and underutilized plant foods of the savanna region of Cameroon
  9. Chapter 4. Traditional and ethnic foods of the coastal belt of Ghana
  10. Chapter 5. Health and nutritional perspectives of foods in the middle belt of Ghana
  11. Chapter 6. Health and nutritional perspectives of traditional and ethnic foods in the northern belt of Ghana
  12. Chapter 7. Importance of food and culture in Nigeria with special reference to yam
  13. Chapter 8. Indigenous foods of South Eastern part of Nigeria
  14. Chapter 9. Traditional and ethnic foods of the middle belt region of Nigeria
  15. Chapter 10. Ogi: A prominent traditional cereal product of South Western Nigeria
  16. Chapter 11. Selected traditional legume products of South-Western Nigeria
  17. Chapter 12. Traditional cassava products of South-Western Nigeria
  18. Chapter 13. Selected traditional green vegetables products of south west Nigeria
  19. Chapter 14. Traditional and ethnic foods of Northern Nigeria
  20. Chapter 15. Traditional dairy, meat and fish products of West Africa
  21. Appendix. A compilation of some recipes of Ghanaian dishes
  22. Index