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The present research had as objective to study the effect of the germination and cooking
in the nutritional composition and digestibility of the protein of three varieties of quinoa.
The germination of the grains was performed by the method described by Bravo (2013),
for the cooking was used the procedure of Ancco et al., (2016), the digestibility was
determined by method 719 of the Colombian Technical Standard and the composition
Nutritional analysis using AOAC (1997) nutrient analysis techniques, which are methods
954.01; 920.39; 923.03; 962.09 for crude protein, crude fat, ash and crude fiber
respectively; carbohydrates were calculated by subtracting 100 percent of the nutrients
mentioned above; The statistical model used in this study was a factorial design 32,
where the study factors were quinoa varieties (Negra Collana, Pasankalla, Salcedo INIA)
and the process applied (without processing, germination, cooking). It was observed that
the digestibility of the protein of the three varieties of quinoa increases significantly
because of cooking and germination. As for the nutritional components, the germination
process generated a decrease of protein, ash and fiber in Negra Collana and Pasankalla,
in Salcedo INIA the protein and fiber decreased, but ash increased. Fat and
carbohydrates increased significantly with germination in Negra Collana and Salcedo
INIA and in Pasankalla decreased. Baking caused an increase in protein, fat, fiber and
carbohydrates in Negra Collana and Salcedo INIA, but ash decreased. For the
Pasankalla variety the cooking generated an increase of the protein, fiber and
carbohydrates, nevertheless caused a decrease of the fat and the ashes. In general,
germination and cooking caused different behaviors in the protein, fat, ash, fiber and
carbohydrate content of the three varieties of quinoa.