Research Article
Fortification of Ogi with Whey Increases Essential Amino Acids Content of Fortified Product
Table 2
Essential amino acids content of normal maize ogi and whey-maize ogi.
| Amino acid | Normal maize Ogi | Whey-maize Ogi |
| Lysine | 0.53 ± 0.02 | 90.00 ± 0 | Tryptophan | 0.15 ± 0 | 240.00 ± 0 | Methionine | 0.90 ± 0.01 | 1,323.00 ± 0 | Leucine | 1.20 ± 0.02 | 1,240.00 ± 0 | Iso-Leucine | 2.53 ± 0 | 830.00 ± 0 | Valine | 0.84 ± 0.01 | 83.30 ± 0.01 | Threonine | 216.00 ± 0.02 | 4,780.00 ± 0 | Histidine | 0.281 ± 0.01 | 520.0 ± 0 | Phenylalanine | 3.50 ± 0 | 625.0 ± 0.01 | Total | 226.13 | 9,631 |
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Values are means of 3 determinations with standard deviations. Unit = mg/100 g prod. significant at .
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