Assessment of Nutritional Composition of Commerically Sold Fish Based Ready to Eat Food (fish Roll) in Some Parts of Lagos
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Fish rolls are a popular value-added, fish based, ready-to-eat food snack sold in Lagos, South west Nigeria. The study was carried out to determine nutritional composition of commercially fish rolls available in some parts of Lagos metropolis. Six brands of fish rolls were collected and analyzed for proximate composition and energy values with a view to evaluate their levels of nutrients. The nutrient composition from the different brands of fish rolls analyzed were found to differ significantly (P<0.05).The moisture, protein, lipid, ash, crude fiber and carbohydrate contents of the fish roll samples varied between 7.42-8.62g/100g, 27.69-36.78g/100g, 11.02-13.05g/100g, 1.423.24g/100g , 2.05-5.11g/100g, 31.27 44.94g/100g respectively, while energy content ranged from 396.34-419.77kcal.The results showed that the sampled fish rolls produced from different vendors varied in nutrient proportion. The nutrients in the fish snacks are inadequate to meet the daily recommended amounts of nutrient for daily use by the body. Thus, these snack food are considered unhealthy and it is recommended that their consumption be limited.
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