April 2019

Evaluation of antioxidant, nutritional and sensorial properties of novel functional beverage from milk-cocoa powder blends

Increasing awareness of health benefits of plant-based food/drinks has resulted in increased preference of consumers for functional beverages as compared to conventional sugar-laden drinks/beverages which only quench thirst but provide little or no nutritional or health benefits. However, most commercially-available functional drinks/beverages are often expensive and not affordable for most people especially low-income...

Author(s): Helen Nwakego AYO-OMOGIE, Esther Emem NWANNA and Esosa Theresa EGUAVOEN  

April 2019

Nutritional quality of meals served under the Ghana school feeding programme at the Upper West and Central Region of Ghana

This research evaluated the nutritional quality of meals that were served to school children under the Ghana School Feeding Programme in Wa and Cape Coast. A cross-sectional and descriptive survey research designs were employed from which purposive and simple random sampling technique was adopted. In all, a total of 720 respondents were selected and that comprised 600 pupils, 60 teachers and 60 kitchen staff. Data were...

Author(s): Kate Bigson, Edward Ken Essuman, Vida Gyimah Boadu and Gifty Serwaa Otoo