Oyeleke O A, Morton I D, Bender A E
Br J Nutr. 1985 Sep;54(2):343-7. doi: 10.1079/bjn19850119.
A weaning food commonly used in Nigeria was simulated by mixing processed sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) with skim-milk powder (830: 170, w/w). Replacing 310 g/kg sorghum with processed cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata) resulted in an increase in protein content from 96 to 113 g/kg and an increase in biological value of the protein from 0.74 to 0.87. The two mixtures were compared with an established commercial baby food by a panel of Nigerian mothers and all three foods were found to be equally acceptable. Processing the cowpeas by pressure cooking followed by roller-drying reduced the trypsin-inhibitor content to minimum levels. It is concluded that the protein and quality of the weaning mixture popularly used in Nigeria could be improved by partially replacing the sorghum with cowpeas.
通过将加工过的高粱（双色高粱）与脱脂奶粉按830:170（w/w）混合，模拟出尼日利亚常用的一种断奶食品。用加工过的豇豆（豇豆）替代310克/千克的高粱，使蛋白质含量从96克/千克增加到113克/千克，蛋白质的生物价值从0.74提高到0.87。一组尼日利亚母亲将这两种混合物与一种既定的商业婴儿食品进行了比较，发现这三种食品同样可以接受。通过高压蒸煮然后滚筒干燥来加工豇豆，可将胰蛋白酶抑制剂含量降至最低水平。得出的结论是，通过用豇豆部分替代高粱，可以提高尼日利亚普遍使用的断奶混合物的蛋白质含量和质量。
