Kunu beverages were prepared from three different cereals (millet, maize and Guinea corn).The
process of cleaning, steeping, wet milling; wet sieving, settling, decantation and slurry recovery were applied
in the preparation. The products obtain were analyzed for total solid, pH, protein, ash, acidity, moisture content
and trace elements. The sensory properties (colour, Taste, Texture, flavour and general acceptability) were also
carried out on a nine point hedonic scale where 1 -9 represents extremely poor to excellent respectively. The
results obtained from physicochemical analysis shown that: millet, maize and Guinea corn products respectively
have ; pH (5.00, 4.69, 4.66), total solid % (6.0, 6.0, 6.0), protein % (1.17, 1.07, 0.88), acidity (0.20, 0.62, 0.26),
moisture content (94.0, 94.0, 94.0)% and trace element (lead ppm) (0.04, 0.05, 0.03), copper (ppm) (1.09, 0.55,
0.62) zinc (ppm) (3.30, 1.50, 2.19), calcium (ppm) (0.55, 4.92, 0.00), manganese (ppm) (1.05, 0.70, 0.51). The
bacterial and fungi isolates were also determined which remained fairly constant in population within 96 hours
of storage. All the samples became more acidic as the hours of storage increased, with the most significant
changes occurring in samples kept at 25ºC. |