Maltose is an inappropriate indicator of digestibility of complementary foods containing substantial amounts of this simple sugar

Amagloh F. K., . and Amagloh F. C., . and Coad J., . Maltose is an inappropriate indicator of digestibility of complementary foods containing substantial amounts of this simple sugar. pp. 879-884. ISSN 2231-7546

The in vitro starch digestibility (IVSD) method (as-is� or modification) was used to assess the digestibility of two sweetpotato-based complementary food (CF) denoted orange-fleshed ComFa and cream-fleshed ComFa and two cereal-based CF: Cerelac (wheat-based commercial infant cereal) and Weanimix (maize-soybean-groundnut blend). Using the IVSD method (as-is�) the sweetpotato formulations with high maltose (averaging 22.24 g/100 g) and low starch about 15.15 g/100 g had far lower digestibility values of 6.29 g/100 g a quarter of that for Weanimix which contained maltose and starch at levels of 2.72 g/100 g and 48.38 g/100 g respectively. Further the IVSD method employed as-is� estimated the digestibility of Cerelac to be 11.53 g/100 g about half the value for Weanimix. Conversely for the modified method the sweetpotato-based formulations had estimated digestibility value about 3 times higher than Weanimix (63.91 g/100 g) and 1.5 times higher than Cerelac (117.76 g/100 g). The IVSD method (as-is�) gives false negative results when used to estimate the digestibility of CF that contain significant amount of endogenous maltose. Therefore its application to predict the suitability of CF warrants further validation.

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Abstract

The in vitro starch digestibility (IVSD) method (as-is� or modification) was used to assess the digestibility of two sweetpotato-based complementary food (CF) denoted orange-fleshed ComFa and cream-fleshed ComFa and two cereal-based CF: Cerelac (wheat-based commercial infant cereal) and Weanimix (maize-soybean-groundnut blend). Using the IVSD method (as-is�) the sweetpotato formulations with high maltose (averaging 22.24 g/100 g) and low starch about 15.15 g/100 g had far lower digestibility values of 6.29 g/100 g a quarter of that for Weanimix which contained maltose and starch at levels of 2.72 g/100 g and 48.38 g/100 g respectively. Further the IVSD method employed as-is� estimated the digestibility of Cerelac to be 11.53 g/100 g about half the value for Weanimix. Conversely for the modified method the sweetpotato-based formulations had estimated digestibility value about 3 times higher than Weanimix (63.91 g/100 g) and 1.5 times higher than Cerelac (117.76 g/100 g). The IVSD method (as-is�) gives false negative results when used to estimate the digestibility of CF that contain significant amount of endogenous maltose. Therefore its application to predict the suitability of CF warrants further validation.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Sweetpotatoes
AGROVOC Term:	Maize
AGROVOC Term:	Maltose
AGROVOC Term:	In vitro
AGROVOC Term:	Starch
AGROVOC Term:	Amylases
AGROVOC Term:	Digestibility
AGROVOC Term:	Disaccharides
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 06:27
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22674

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