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P. K. Tasker ¹, D. S. M. Prasad ¹, V. A. Daniel ¹, U. S. V. Acharya ¹, A. A. Joseph ¹, S. Venkat Rao ¹, M. Narayana Rao ¹, D. Rajalakshmi ¹, M. Swaminathan ¹, A. Sreenivasan ¹

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1 Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, IN

Abstract

In view of the inadequate supply of milk and other protein-rich foods of animal origin in many developing countries, investigations have been carried out by several workers on the use of protein-rich foods of vegetable origin e.g. oilseed meals and legumes in the treatment and prevention of protein malnutrition in children. The proteins of vegetable origin are, in general, deficient in one or more of the essential amino acids and hence possess a lower nutritive value than animal proteins. It is known, however, that deficiencies of amino acids in individual vegetable proteins could be made up by the use of blends of proteins in suitable proportions. Recent investigations have shown that blends of isolated proteins from peanut and soya bean along with skim milk or casein, possess a high protein efficiency ratio and are highly effective in the treatment of protein malnutrition.

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P. K. Tasker ¹, M. Narayana Rao ¹, M. Swaminathan ¹

Affiliations
1 Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, IN

Abstract

The diets consumed by a majority of the population in India are mainly based on cereals like rice and wheat or millets like ragi (Eleucine coracana), jowar (Sorghum vulgare) or maize (Zea mays) and contain only small quantities of pulses, vegetables and fat and negligible amounts of milk and other animal foods. Such diets are deficient in vitamin A, riboflavin, calcium and proteins and do not promote optimum growth in children. The possibilities of using protein-rich foods of plant origin for the preparation of processed protein foods which can be used as effective supplements to the poor diets based on cereals or millets have received the attention of a number of workers.

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H. Srinivas ¹, P. K. Tasker ¹, M. Narayana Rao ¹, D. Rajalakshmi ¹, R. Rajagopalan ¹, M. Swaminathan ¹

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1 Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, IN

Abstract

In view of the shortage in the production of milk and other protein-rich foods of animal origin in several developing countries, investigations have been carried out by several workers on the use of protein-rich foods based on oilseed meals and legumes in the treatment and prevention of protein malnutrition in children. In earlier papers data regarding the composition, shelf life and nutritive value of the proteins of micro-atomised protein foods based on oilseed meals and skim milk powder have been reported.

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H. Srinivas ¹, P. K. Tasker ¹, D. Rajalakshmi ¹, M. Narayana Rao ¹, R. Rajagopalan ¹, M. Swaminathan ¹

Affiliations
1 Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, IN

Abstract

In the preceding paper, the results of studies on the preparation, chemical composition and shelf life of microatomised protein foods based on blends of groundnut, soyabean and sesame flours and skim milk powder and fortified with calcium salts, certain vitamins and limiting amino acids have been reported. The present paper deals with studies on the amino acid composition and nutritive value of the proteins of the blends.

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