Carotenoid retention in biofortified maize using different post-harvest storage and packaging methods
Orange maize is being promoted as a source of provitamin A carotenoids (pVAC) in Zambia. Carotenoid retention in orange maize grains stored in metal silos, multilayer polyethylene and common woven bags, and maize meal packaged in single and multilayer polyethylene bags was evaluated. Significant dif...
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| Format: | Article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication date: | 2017 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | CIMMYT |
| Repository: | Repositorio Institucional de Publicaciones Multimedia del CIMMYT |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repository.cimmyt.org:10883/18265 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10883/18265 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Biofortified Maize Carotenoid Degradation Hermetic Storage MAIZE FOOD FORTIFICATION CAROTENOIDS CHEMICAL DEGRADATION CROP STORAGE |
| Summary: | Orange maize is being promoted as a source of provitamin A carotenoids (pVAC) in Zambia. Carotenoid retention in orange maize grains stored in metal silos, multilayer polyethylene and common woven bags, and maize meal packaged in single and multilayer polyethylene bags was evaluated. Significant differences in total pVAC retention were found between grain storage methods (48.1–57.2%) after 6 months of storage. Total pVAC retention in hammer meal (73.1–73.5%) was higher than in breakfast meal (64.3–69.3%) after 4 months of storage; however, no differences in pVAC retention were found between meal types when stored in single and multilayer polyethylene bags. In general, b-cryptoxanthin (bCX) had higher retention than b-carotene (bC). Potential contribution of stored orange maize to the estimated average requirement of children and women was 26.5% and 24.3%, respectively. Orange maize meal can provide significant amounts of provitamin A to diets of Zambians even after 4 months of storage. |
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