@article{jfs20221022,
author={{Aboubacar, Diaby and Alassane, Me?t¨¦ and Theodor, Dally and Marius, Dj¨¦touan Kacou Jules and Seraphin, Kati-Coulibaly},
title={Nutritional Properties of Caterpillar Powder <i>(Imbrasia o</i><i>yemensis)</i> and T45 Wheat Flour},
journal={Journal of Food Security},
volume={10},
number={2},
pages={53--60},
year={2022},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/jfs/10/2/2},
issn={2372-0107},
abstract={The present study was developed to investigate the nutritional properties of dried caterpillar <i>(Imbrasia oyemensis)</i> powder and wheat flour. The physicochemical composition was determined by standard methods (AOAC). The physicochemical analysis of 100g of <i>Imbrasia o</i><i>yemensis</i> caterpillar powder, reveals a high content of protein (52.12%), lipid (20.58%), ash (3.62%), fiber (3.2%) and a low content of carbohydrate (17.24%) with an energy value of 462.66 Kcal/100g. Wheat flour is mainly rich in carbohydrates (78.04%) and has a low protein (10.7%), lipid (1.26%), ash (0.52%) and fiber (0.12%) content with an energy value of 365.78 Kcal/100g. The amino acid profile of <i>Imbrasia o</i><i>yemensis</i> caterpillar powder indicates the presence of 16 amino acids. Histidine records the highest content with 118.4 mg/g protein while methionine and cysteine indicate the lowest content with 4.47 mg/g protein and are a limiting factor. Wheat flour contains 7 essential amino acids in very low proportions with the exception of methionine and cysteine which has the highest content with 18.31 mg/g of protein. The fatty acid profile in the fatty material from <i>Imbrasia oyemensis</i> caterpillar powder reveals the existence of seven (7) fatty acids. This fatty acid profile is composed of four (4) saturated fatty acids (53%) and three (3) unsaturated fatty acids (46.66%). Calcium (224.7 mg/100g), sodium (497.9 mg/100g), potassium (602.9 mg/100g), magnesium (254.1 mg/100g) contents of <i>Imbrasia oyemensis</i> caterpillar powder are significantly higher (p&lt;0.05) than those of wheat flour. The molar ratios of Phytates/Iron, Phytates/Zinc and Oxalate/Calcium show that caterpillar powder <i>(Imbrasia oyemensis)</i> could not interfere with the assimilation of iron, zinc and calcium. Thus, the incorporation of caterpillar powder <i>(Imbrasia oyemensis)</i> into wheat flour for use in nutrition and food technology could be an alternative in the fight against protein-energy malnutrition.},
doi={10.12691/jfs-10-2-2}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}