YIELD, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF JUTE (Corchorus olitorius Linn.) LEAF PROTEIN CONCENTRATE

ABSTRACT

This research work was carried out to determine the yield, the physical properties and the chemical composition of leaf protein concentrate and bagasse obtained using dry and wet milling method and were both carried out about six times each. From the results obtained, the yields from the two methods are 11.904% and 6.789% for dry and wet milling method respectively. That is, for every 100kg dry matter of jute leaf will produce and average of 11.904 % and 6.789% of jute leaf protein concentrate for dry and wet milling respectively. From chemical analysis, DM and EE content from the dry milling JLPC (88.723% and 16.46%) and wet milling JLPC (88.963% and 17.22%) were statistically different. The CF (2.183%), CP (54.42%) and NFE (10.40%) content of LPC obtained using dry milling method were statistically the same with CF (2.418%), CP (55.57%) and NFE (8.11%) content of LPC obtained using wet milling method. The Ash content of dry milling JLPC (6.258%) were slightly different from that of wet milling JLPC (5.647%).