June 2011

Development of model equations for selecting optimum parameters for dry process of shea butter extraction

  Shea butter is the fat content of the kernel of shea nut (Vitellaria paradoxa) which grows naturally from the wild and uncultivated state in most parts of Africa. The fat is used as edible oil and for raw material in the production of soaps, pomade, drugs and medicinal ointments. Wet extraction process is the method used in shea butter processing industry among women in African rural and urban...

Author(s): A. M. Olaniyan and K. Oje

June 2011

Production and evaluation of soy-chocolate beverage drink

  An experiment was conducted to produce an aqueous extract of soychoco from cocoa beans with aqueous soybean extract. The experiment was conducted in Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria CRIN, the product formulations were obtained by two different methods. The first method involved the grinding of roasted cocoa nibs with blanched soybeans and the second method involved mixing of the cocoa powder with...

Author(s): Jayeola, C. O. and Omueti, O.