%0 Journal Article %T Production and Evaluation of the Nutritional and Functional Qualities of ¡°Adakwa¡± Enriched with Waste Biomass of Traditional Brewer¡¯s Spent Grain as a Functional Staple Food %A Tankem Tankem %A Pride Ndasi Ngwasiri %A Wilson Agwanande Ambindei %A Makebe Calister Wingang %A Ngwa Martin Ngwabie %A Martin Benoit Ngassoum %A Ejoh Richard Aba %J Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science %P 265-288 %@ 2160-0406 %D 2023 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/aces.2023.134019 %X Brewers¡¯ spent grains constitute a nutrient-rich valuable and highly under-utilized by-product of the beer industry produced in large amounts all through the year. This bio-resource is a very good candidate for valorization, due to environmental and economic concerns, using biotechnological processing, particularly for food enrichment. This study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of fortification of Adakwa with traditional brewers¡¯ spent grains (TBSG) on its physicochemical and nutritional properties as well as its acceptability using an experimental design. Four (4) samples of Adakwa were produced with TBSG incorporated rates of 0% (control sample), 10%, 20%, and 30% and evaluated. Using an experimental design, the effect of process parameters, including the TBSG incorporation rate, cooking time, and cooking temperatures on the physicochemical and nutritional properties of the Adakwa were evaluated while the 9-point hedonic scale was used to evaluate the sensory properties and its overall acceptability: carbohydrate, protein, crude fibre, cellulose, polyphenol, antioxidant activity (FRAP and DPPH). The water absorption activity values were 81.2 ¡À 0.04, 4.55 ¡À 0.05, 9.73 ¡À 0.23, 3.31 ¡À 0.05, 6.73 ¡À 0.23, 1.60 %K Biomass %K Brew-Waste %K Spent Grain %K Valorisation %K Adakwa %K Enrichment %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=127003