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| Babalola, Ayoola Abiola; O, David Adekunle; O, Opafola Bolaji; Adisa, Alex Folami; Solana, Olufunmi I; Otele, Mayokun David. |
| Snail meat is an alternative source of rich protein in the tropics and an important part of many diets. Despite its wide popularity as a cheap source of dietary protein, very little investments have been made into the processing of snail meat in terms of processing equipment and other value addition technologies. Up till now, many farmers utilize manual methods in breaking snail shells which are very demanding and tiring. Furthermore, existing technology of snail shellers are not only expensive but the technology is beyond the reach f many local farmers thereby discouraging many from exploring the abundant potentials of the processing value chain. Hence, this study designed and evaluated a snail shell cracking machine using standard engineering procedures... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mechanical deshelling; Snail processing; Value addition. |
| Ano: 2021 |
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/6783 |
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