TY  - SER
AU  - Abd-Elhady,Y.A.
AU  - Salim,AfafA.
AU  - Anwar,MervatM.
TI  - Utilization of new cultivar of sweet potato for preparing weaning foods
KW  - Sweet potato products
KW  - Sweet potatoes
KW  - Varieties
KW  - Children
KW  - Nutrition
N1  - Includes reference
N2  - The aims of this study were to evaluate the nutritional value of new hybrids sweet potato in order to raise public awareness of its potential use in nutrition and to formulate high protein quality weaning foods. The nutritional composition was determined for two new cultivar and local cultivar grown up in Horticulture Institute in El-Qanater El-Khyariya Egypt. The cultivars namely Minufiya 2/96 and Minufiya 9/96 were compared with local cultivar (Mabrouka). The results show that protein contents of new cultivar were greater than that of local cultivar. Protein levels were 9.78, 11.27 and 5.17% for Minufiya 2/96, Minufiya 9/96 and Mabrouka respectively. The new cultivar also were higher than the local cultivar on total carbohydrates, total sugar, reducing sugar nonreducing sugar and sucrose content
UR  - http://nile.enal.sci.eg/EALE/2009/MUJAS/3409/1/219.pdf
ER  -