Nutritional Quality and Safety of Complementary Foods Developed from Blends of Staple Grains and Honey Bee Larvae (Apis mellifera)

Table 8

Sensory analysis of the developed complementary foods compared to commercial wean mix.

Characteristic	ComF01	ComF02	Commercial wean mix	value
Appearance	3.77 ± 0.82^c	4.07 ± 0.69^bc	4.41 ± 0.74^a	0.003
Aroma	3.73 ± 0.91^c	4.23 ± 0.63^ab	4.40 ± 0.80^a	0.003
Taste	3.57 ± 0.73^c	4.43 ± 0.63^ab	4.50 ± 0.68^a	<0.001
Texture/mouth feel	3.77 ± 0.71^c	3.97 ± 0.61^bc	4.47 ± 0.51^a	<0.001
Overall acceptability	3.63 ± 0.61^c	4.20 ± 0.55^b	4.63 ± 0.49^a	<0.001

The results are presented as SD of the means. ComF₀₁: complementary foods 01 (white maize+red teff+soybean); ComF₀₂: complementary foods 02 (white maize+red teff+insect bee larvae); commercial wean mix (Mama’s Choice); means with different superscripts (alphabets) in the same row are significantly different ().