Research Article

Nutritional, Sensory, and Microbial Quality of Cookies Produced by Partial Replacement of Wheat Flour with Plantain (Musa paradisiaca) and Cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) Flours

Table 1

Proximate composition (g/100 g wet basis) and energy (kcal/100 g wet basis) content of control cookies and cookies produced by partial replacement of wheat flour with either cocoyam or plantain flour.

CookiesMoistureProteinAshFiberFatCarbEnergy

WF
C20
C40
C60
P20
P406.21±1.16abc6.11±0.04e1.12±0.01ab1.39±0.06ab24.37±0.01abc61.37±0.02ab489.22±0.17a
P60

1WF: 100% wheat flour cookies (control cookies). 2C20, C40, and C60: cookies produced by incorporating 20%, 40% and 60% cocoyam four into wheat flour, respectively. 3P20, P40, and P60: cookies produced by incorporating 20%, 40%, and 60% plantain four into wheat flour, respectively. 4Values are of triplicate analysis. 5Mean values represented in the same column with different superscript letters are significantly different ().