[ Valeur nutritionnelle des chenilles comestibles de la ville de Lubumbashi (Province du Haut-Katanga R.D.C.) ]
Volume 24, Issue 4, November 2018, Pages 1886–1891
M.R. Kanga-Kanga1, N. D. Mulungu-Lungu2, G. Nsenga Mpanda3, H. Malonga L’kisaten4, F. Musala Kiyula5, C. Kalaka Mayur6, D. Badibanga Kasumpa7, D. Ntumba Tshovu8, J. Kahozi Sumba9, and N. Khang Mate Mpie10
1 Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire, CRAA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
2 Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire, CRAA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
3 Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire, CRAA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
4 Institut Supérieur des Techniques Appliquées, ISTA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
5 Institut Supérieur Technique Catholique de Kikwit, , RD Congo
6 Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire, CRAA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
7 Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire, CRAA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
8 Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire, CRAA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
9 Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire, CRAA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
10 Faculté de Médecine Humaine, UNILU, RD Congo
Original language: French
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The purpose of this work lies within the scope of the valorization of the traditional foods of the Democratic Republic of Congo in general and the province of Haut Katanga in particular and aims at the evaluation of the food value of the edible caterpillars of Lubumbashi city and its surroundings and the popularization relative data for their rational and equitable consumption. The determination of moisture, proteins, lipids, sugars, ashes, minerals and the energy value was carried out according to usual techniques. Four species of caterpillars have been analysed. These were black binkubala ( Imbrasia oyemensis), yellow binkubala ( Imbrasia truncata), masamba ( Cirina forda), and tunkubio ( Notodontidae sp1) of which the major nutrients contents varied: moisture 4,90 %, proteins 50,09 to 53,81 %, lipids 19,80 to 21,5 %, glucids 7-8 %, ashes 4,5-5,5% and energy 410,16-457,14 Kcal. Thus from their food value, edible caterpillars of Lubumbashi are more rich in proteins and lipids than soyas, groundnuts and meat. And they can easily combat proteinic and calorific malnutrition.
Author Keywords: Caterpillars, nutrients, foods, food value.
Volume 24, Issue 4, November 2018, Pages 1886–1891
M.R. Kanga-Kanga1, N. D. Mulungu-Lungu2, G. Nsenga Mpanda3, H. Malonga L’kisaten4, F. Musala Kiyula5, C. Kalaka Mayur6, D. Badibanga Kasumpa7, D. Ntumba Tshovu8, J. Kahozi Sumba9, and N. Khang Mate Mpie10
1 Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire, CRAA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
2 Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire, CRAA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
3 Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire, CRAA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
4 Institut Supérieur des Techniques Appliquées, ISTA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
5 Institut Supérieur Technique Catholique de Kikwit, , RD Congo
6 Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire, CRAA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
7 Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire, CRAA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
8 Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire, CRAA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
9 Centre de Recherche Agroalimentaire, CRAA, Lubumbashi, RD Congo
10 Faculté de Médecine Humaine, UNILU, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2018 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The purpose of this work lies within the scope of the valorization of the traditional foods of the Democratic Republic of Congo in general and the province of Haut Katanga in particular and aims at the evaluation of the food value of the edible caterpillars of Lubumbashi city and its surroundings and the popularization relative data for their rational and equitable consumption. The determination of moisture, proteins, lipids, sugars, ashes, minerals and the energy value was carried out according to usual techniques. Four species of caterpillars have been analysed. These were black binkubala ( Imbrasia oyemensis), yellow binkubala ( Imbrasia truncata), masamba ( Cirina forda), and tunkubio ( Notodontidae sp1) of which the major nutrients contents varied: moisture 4,90 %, proteins 50,09 to 53,81 %, lipids 19,80 to 21,5 %, glucids 7-8 %, ashes 4,5-5,5% and energy 410,16-457,14 Kcal. Thus from their food value, edible caterpillars of Lubumbashi are more rich in proteins and lipids than soyas, groundnuts and meat. And they can easily combat proteinic and calorific malnutrition.
Author Keywords: Caterpillars, nutrients, foods, food value.
Abstract: (french)
Ce travail s’inscrit dans le cadre de la valorisation des aliments traditionnels de la République Démocratique du Congo en général et de la province du Haut Katanga en particulier et a pour but l’évaluation de la valeur nutritive des chenilles comestibles de la ville de Lubumbashi et ses environs et la vulgarisation des données relatives en vue de leur consommation rationnelle et équitable. La détermination de l’humidité, des protéines, des lipides, des glucides, des cendres et minéraux et de la valeur énergétique a été effectuée selon les techniques usuelles. Quatre espèces des chenilles comestibles ont été analysées dont bikubala noirs ( Imbrasia oyemensis), bikubala jaune ( Imbrasia truncata), masamba (Cirina forda) et tunkubio ( Notodontidae sp1) dont les teneurs en nutriments majeurs varient : Humidité 4,90 % , protéines de 50,09 % à 53,81 % , lipides 19,80 à 21,5%, glucides 7-8 %, cendres 4,5-5,5% et énergie de 410,16-457,14 Kcal. Ainsi par la valeur nutritive, les chenilles comestibles de Lubumbashi sont plus riches en protéines et lipides que le soja, l’arachide et la viande et peuvent faciliter la lutte contre la malnutrition protéino calorique.
Author Keywords: chenilles, nutriments, aliments, valeur nutritive.
How to Cite this Article
M.R. Kanga-Kanga, N. D. Mulungu-Lungu, G. Nsenga Mpanda, H. Malonga L’kisaten, F. Musala Kiyula, C. Kalaka Mayur, D. Badibanga Kasumpa, D. Ntumba Tshovu, J. Kahozi Sumba, and N. Khang Mate Mpie, “Nutritional value of the edible caterpillars of the city of Lubumbashi (Province of Haut-Katanga D.R.C.),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 1886–1891, November 2018.
