| he purpose of this research was to evaluate the protein quality of black and white beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), whole and dehulled beans, bean and rice complementary diets and "idli", a fermented food prepared from beans and rice. Weight gain of rats fed a diet containing whole black beans was significantly less than the weight gain of rats fed a diet containing whole white beans, dehulled black beans, dehulled white beans or rice. Rats fed complementary diets of beans and rice gained more weight than rats fed the "idli" fermented complementary diets. PER (Protein Efficiency Rates) of the whole black bean diet was 0.55, significantly less than the PER observed for bean and rice complementary diets (P... |
