Biochemical composition of fish, shrimp and crab powders sold on the adjame market forum (abidjan, ivory coast)

This essay is a journey Fish, shrimp and crab powders are in certain are as used as a substitute for meat, fish and seafood by populations. The objective of this study was to determine the biochemical composition of these powders in order to check if they cancover the protein and mineral needs of consumers populations. For this, fish, shrimp and crab powdersal ready produced by the women sellers of the Adjamémarkets were taken rand omly, and other powders were made in the laboratory. The composition of macronutrients and minerals was determined by standard methods. The results showed that, with the exception of shrimp powder, fish and shrimp powders collected from the Adjamé markets had humidity percentages lower than 10%. These powders had high protein contents (from 37.59% ± 1.64 to 61.45% ± 1.9) and ash (from 10.47% ± 0.14 to 26.93% ± 0.53). ) and low lipids contents (from 4.33% ± 0.19 to 4.77% ± 0.36) and low carbohydrates (from 4.43% ± 2.89 to 9.45 % ± 1.315). Likewise, they had variable contents of all the minerals studied, with high values of phosphorus (from 9.22 ± 0.41 mg/100g to 13.44 ± 0.8 mg/100g), potassium (from 5.45 ± 1.1 mg/100g to 6.84 ± 0.6 mg/100g) and calcium (from 6.79 ± 1.3 mg/100g to 17.29 ± 0.43 mg/100g).Also, all the powders made in the laboratory had humidity percentages less than 10%, high protein and ash contents, and low carbohydrate and lipid contents. However, the powders produced in the markets had higher carbohydrate contents and lower proteins contents, which suggests that the women sellers added carbohydrates or unknown ingredients to the different powders for economic purposes.