Comparative Study Of Nutritional Value And Acceptability Of "Ogbono"Irvingia Gabonesis" And "Okoho "Cissus Populnea" Soups Among Families In Kaduna State

📄 Project Abstract

The research work was on comparative study of the nutritional value and acceptability of Ogbono' Irvingia gabonesis and Okoho' cissus populnea soups among families inKaduna State, Nigeria.The study was guided by four specific objectives, four research questions and four null hypotheses.The researcher adopted experimental design. The population of the study was all families in Kaduna state. Nineteen (19) panelists were used as sample for the study. Okoho sample were collected from the southern part of Kaduna state while the Ogbono sample was brought from Opanda village in Apa Local Government Area of Benue state. Proximate analysis was used to obtain the nutritional compositions of Okoho and Ogbono while structured scorecard was used to obtain data on physical properties and acceptability of the food product under study (.adopted from Linn Svenson). Frequency and percentages were used to describe the bio-data of the respondents. Mean scores and standard deviation were used to answer all...