Protein-energy malnutrition is continually on the increase among children in developing countries due to low nutrient density of traditional complementary diets. The current cost of commercially prepared complementary food in Nigeria have price out most caregivers resulting in increase formulation of complementary food from local food staples. This study investigated the nutrient and biochemical properties of animal fed infant diets formulated from local food materials, unripe banana and edible crab. The food materials were obtained locally, processed and dried. The processed samples were formulated as unfortified unripe banana, 10% crab meat fortified unripe banana (UBCM1), 15% crab meat fortified unripe banana (UBCM2) and 10% cray fish fortified unripe banana (UBCF). The protein efficiency ratio (PER) of Control (1.81) was higher than those of UBCM1 (1.17), UBCM2 (1.20) and UBCF (1.31). The weight gain/day of the formulated diets were lower than that of Cerelac (2.19g) and significantly difference (P<0.05) to the control. The serum total protein of the control group was higher than those on the experimental diets. The serum albumin level of all the samples were within the normal range, 3.5-5.0mg/dL. Serum cholesterol level of UBCM1 (54.14mg/dL) and UBCM2 (62.44mg/dL) were higher than the unfortifed banana group but almost equal that of cerelac. The hematological properties (PCV and hemoglobin) of the Crab meat fortified diets were higher than those of unfortified, but lower than those of control. In conclusion, we established that the crab meat fortified banana diets supported growth and development of weanling rats and it’s a suitable replacement for commercial complementary foods.
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Protein Quality, Complementary Food, Food Fortification, Banana Porridge, Infant and Young Child Feeding
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