Effect of Drying Methods and Pre Treatments on Nutritional Value and Sensory Quality of Fish (Oreochromis niloticus, Pylodictis olivaris and Cyprinus carpio) Species Commonly Used in Gambella Region

Authors

  • Dagne Tarle Department of Animal science, Collage of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gambella University, Gambella
  • Mitiku Guya School of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Haramaya University
  • Solomon Abera Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science, Postharvest Technology and Process Engineering, Haramaya University,
  • getachew bekele fereja gambella university

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v4i1.22-30.500

Keywords:

fish, fish fillet, drying, chemical, sensory quality

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the effect of drying methods and pre-treatments on nutritional content and sensory quality of dried fish. The experiment was conducted in factorial arrangement of 2×3×2 with two drying methods (sun and oven drying), three fish species (tilapia, cat fish and carp) and two preservatives treatment (garlic and ginger juice) laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Fresh fillets were analysed for their nutritional value and sensory quality. The compositions of the fresh fillets were 6.50-7.59% for ash, 74.20-76.67% for protein, 8.06-9.09% for fat and 8.47-9.12% for total carbohydrates. Drying reduced the moisture contents from 74.74-75.81% to between 7.76-8.25%, making it safe for storage. The ash content changed from 7.11 to 7.34 and from 6.50% to 6.34% for cat fish and tilapia, respectively, with statistical significance whereas no change was observed in carp with 7.60% because of drying. Drying method had no difference in ash and protein contents while increase in fat from 7.75 to 9.44% and a decrease in carbohydrate from 9.37 to 8.13% were observed in sun dried samples than that of oven dried fillets. This study showed that nutritional values of dry fish did not statistically changed during storage period of 3 months.

Author Biography

getachew bekele fereja, gambella university

animal science

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Published

19.01.2016

How to Cite

Tarle, D., Guya, M., Abera, S., & fereja, getachew bekele. (2016). Effect of Drying Methods and Pre Treatments on Nutritional Value and Sensory Quality of Fish (Oreochromis niloticus, Pylodictis olivaris and Cyprinus carpio) Species Commonly Used in Gambella Region. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 4(1), 22–30. https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v4i1.22-30.500

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Food Technologies