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ASHAGRIE ZEWDU

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  "description": "<p>Injera is staple Ethiopian fermented bread which can be made from different types of cereals,<br>\nparticularly from tef (Eragrostis tef). About two-third of Ethiopian diet consists of injera and it<br>\naccounts for about two-third of the daily protein intake of Ethiopian population. It has a very<br>\nhigh nutritional value, as it is rich in calcium and iron. Unfortunately, injera has a short shelf<br>\nlife of 3-4 days essentially due to mould spoilage. The use of weak organic acid as<br>\npreservatives is allowed in acidic foods, primarily as mould inhibitor. In this study, the<br>\ninfluence of some commonly used chemical preservatives, benzoic acid, sodium benzoate,<br>\npotassium sorbate and calcium propionate was investigated by isolation of moulds before and<br>\nduring its ambient storage for 12 days. The preservatives were added immediately before<br>\nbaking at the concentration of 0.1% of benzoic acid/ sodium benzoate, 0.2 % of potassium<br>\nsorbate, 0.3 % of calcium propionate and 0. 2 % blend of the four (wt/wt) as recommended by<br>\nFood and Drug Administration. Three fungal species: Aspergillus niger, Penicillium sp and<br>\nRhizopus sp found to be responsible in injera spoilage. Penicillium and Rhizopus are more<br>\ndominant at the temperature of between 16-200c, while Aspergillus niger is more dominant at<br>\nhigher temperature of between 25-320c. Injera samples had a pH and moisture content of 3.38-<br>\n3.45 and 62-65%, respectively</p>", 
  "license": "http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by", 
  "creator": [
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      "@type": "Person", 
      "name": "ASHAGRIE ZEWDU"
    }
  ], 
  "headline": "IMPROVEMENT OF SHELF LIFE OF 'INJERA' USING CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVES", 
  "image": "https://zenodo.org/static/img/logos/zenodo-gradient-round.svg", 
  "datePublished": "2009-07-01", 
  "url": "https://nadre.ethernet.edu.et/record/4272", 
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  "identifier": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:4272", 
  "@id": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:4272", 
  "@type": "ScholarlyArticle", 
  "name": "IMPROVEMENT OF SHELF LIFE OF 'INJERA' USING CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVES"
}