Statistical correlations between mineral element composition, product information and retail price of powdered cocoa beverages in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorShittu, T.A.
dc.contributor.authorBadmus, B.A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-17T10:52:44Z
dc.date.available2014-04-17T10:52:44Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractA study of the mineral element composition, labelled product information and retail prices of 30 Nigerian made powdered cocoa beverages (PCBs) was carried out. The objective was to determine statistical correlations between retail price, mineral element composition and the practice of PCB manufacturers towards providing product information as an index of good manufacturing practice (GMP). The products were generally found to be rich sources of Ca and P. Fe, Cu and Cr were found in trace amounts. Most PCB sample had Pb content above the maximumpermissible level of 1.0 mg/g, The calciumcontent correlated significantly with phosphorus content (r = 0.919, P < 0.01) and GMP score (r = 0.639, P < 0.01). Based on products’ mineral element composition, the use of some multivariate pattern recognition techniques successfully clustered the PCB brands into two main groups. The first group consisted mainly of unregistered samples with GMP scores 8 (maximum score = 12) while the second group consisted mainly of registered products with GMP scores 8. Based on the mineral element composition, the extreme positions of Pb and P in the clustering tree indicated that they are contaminant and nutritional supplements, respectively. Finally, the retail prices, Ca and P contents were shown to be reliable indices of GMP in PCBsen_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Food Composition and Analysis 22 (2009) 212–217en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/422
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectPowdered cocoa beverageen_US
dc.subjectMineral element compositionen_US
dc.subjectGood manufacturing practiceen_US
dc.subjectFood qualityen_US
dc.subjectFood safetyen_US
dc.subjectCodex alimentariusen_US
dc.subjectFood policyen_US
dc.subjectRegulatory practices in food industryen_US
dc.subjectFood labellingen_US
dc.subjectTrace elementsen_US
dc.subjectNigerian cocoaen_US
dc.subjectFood compositionen_US
dc.titleStatistical correlations between mineral element composition, product information and retail price of powdered cocoa beverages in Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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