Easy method for removal of cyanogens from cassava leaves with retention of vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids

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Currently there is a crescent interest regarding the use of vegetable by-products for food fortification, in order to improve its nutritional quality. Cassava leaves are suitable as nutritional additives, however their cyanide content must be reduced to below 10 mg kg-1 of dry product. Thus, it was developed a method in drying laboratory oven which is able to reduce 99.85% of cyanide present in manioc leaves (from 35 mg kg-1 to 0.05 mg kg-1 ) while being 509% faster than the traditional method, and without substantial loss of omega-3 fatty acids and β-carotene.

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Pereira, I. G., Vagula, J. M., Marchi, D. F., Barão, C. E., Almeida, G. R. S., Visentainer, J. V., … Júnior, O. O. S. (2016). Easy method for removal of cyanogens from cassava leaves with retention of vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 27(7), 1290–1296. https://doi.org/10.5935/0103-5053.20160027

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