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Article Open Access July 12, 2024

Exploring the Nutritional Benefits and Consumer Acceptance of Canned Bambara Beans in Ghana: Proximate, Microbial Quality and Sensory Acceptability

Gifty Selorm Bansah 1,*, Grace Selorm Amatefe 2 and Emmanuel Tei-Mensah 3
1
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
2
Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Koforidua Technical University, Koforidua, Ghana
3
Department of Food and Post-Harvest Technology, Koforidua Technical University, Koforidua, Ghana
Publihed in: Current Research in Public Health (Volume 2, Issue 1, 2024)
Page(s): 14-28
DOI: 10.31586/ujfst.2024.956
Received
February 11, 2024
Revised
April 26, 2024
Accepted
May 31, 2024
Published
July 12, 2024
Keywords
Consumer; Canned; Bambara; Beans; Proximate; Microbial; Quality Sensory Acceptability
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Bansah, G. S. , Amatefe, G. S. , & Tei-Mensah, E. (2024). Exploring the Nutritional Benefits and Consumer Acceptance of Canned Bambara Beans in Ghana: Proximate, Microbial Quality and Sensory Acceptability. Current Research in Public Health, 2(1), 14-28. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujfst.2024.956
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Bansah, G. S. ; Amatefe, G. S. ; Tei-Mensah, E. Exploring the Nutritional Benefits and Consumer Acceptance of Canned Bambara Beans in Ghana: Proximate, Microbial Quality and Sensory Acceptability. Current Research in Public Health 2024 2(1), 14-28. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujfst.2024.956
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Bansah, Gifty Selorm, Grace Selorm Amatefe, and Emmanuel Tei-Mensah. 2024. "Exploring the Nutritional Benefits and Consumer Acceptance of Canned Bambara Beans in Ghana: Proximate, Microbial Quality and Sensory Acceptability". Current Research in Public Health 2, no. 1: 14-28. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujfst.2024.956
AMA Style
Bansah GS, Amatefe GS, Tei-Mensah E. Exploring the Nutritional Benefits and Consumer Acceptance of Canned Bambara Beans in Ghana: Proximate, Microbial Quality and Sensory Acceptability. Current Research in Public Health. 2024; 2(1):14-28. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujfst.2024.956 
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