Cooking quality and protein content of black-grain cowpea genotypes before and after cooking

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https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-21252025v3812124rc

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Vigna unguiculata. Nutrition quality. Thermal processing. Fast cooking.

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The consumption of cowpea in the population's diet is an option to complement the intake of various nutrients, mainly proteins, and its black grain has great potential in the preparation of feijoada, as a more economical alternative to common bean for the Northeastern consumer. The objective of this work was to evaluate the cooking quality and protein content in black class cowpea genotypes, before and after cooking. Fifteen genotypes were evaluated, being 12 lines and 3 commercial cultivars. Cooking quality was evaluated using the percentage of cooked grains (PCG) and the protein content in raw and cooked grains. Data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation, with means compared by Student's t-test and grouped by Scott-Knott test (p<0.05). With regard to the cooking quality, a variation of the PCG between 31% and 87% was observed, with an overall mean of 71.07%. Protein content ranged from 23.35 to 29.80 g 100 g-1 in raw grains and from 24.72 to 33.70 g 100 g-1 in cooked grains. The cowpea genotypes evaluated in the present study showed high culinary quality and high protein content in raw and cooked grains. Thermal processing increased the protein content in the grain. Among the evaluated genotypes, the lines MNC10-982B-3-7 and MNC10-998B-20-3 show better cooking quality and higher post-cooking protein content. These genotypes meet consumer needs in terms of practicality and economy in grain preparation, constituting excellent options for the black cowpea market.

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