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• TITLE: Protein Quality of Amaranth Grains Cultivated in Ethiopia as Affected by Popping and Fermentation

  AUTHORS: Endale Amare, Claire Mouquet-Rivier, Adrien Servent, Gilles Morel, Abdulaziz Adish, Gulelat Desse Haki

  KEYWORDS: Amaranth Grain, Indispensable Amino Acids, Popping, Fermentation, Protein Digestibility, Complementary Food

  JOURNAL NAME: Food and Nutrition Sciences, Vol.6 No.1, January 12, 2015

  ABSTRACT: The effect of popping and fermentation on protein quality of three different varieties of amaranth grains cultivated in Ethiopia was evaluated. Total lysine content of the grains was higher than that of commonly available cereals but close to that of legumes. Methionine and cysteine contents in the grains were also higher than that found in cereal and legume proteins. Percentage of total indispensable amino acids, excluding tryptophan, was 43% - 49%, which was higher than WHO reference pattern (31%). Popping resulted in 36% and 37% reduction in total lysine and cysteine contents, respectively, whereas fermentation reduced cysteine, lysine and methionine contents by 16%, 20% and 20%, respectively. From the free amino acids, histidine was the major indispensable amino acid but threonine was not detected. During popping, all free amino acids, except threonine, were reduced. On the other hand, fermentation significantly increased (p