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Nutritional and Microbial Quality of Major Sun-Dried Fishes from EGRA Government Regulated Dry Fish Market, West Bengal


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1 Department of Fisheries, Government of West Bengal, India
2 Department of Aquaculture Management and Technology, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India
3 Sidho Kanho Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal, India
     

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Dry fish is very common and low cost dietary protein among the Southern, Eastern and North-eastern States of India. The present study conducted for determining nutritive value and food quality in respect of microbial load for the storage period of one year with the four major sun-dried fish species, viz., Bombay duck (Harpadon nehereus), Ribbon fish (Lepturacanthus savala), Tapra (Setipinna phasa) and Ruli (Coilia dussumieri). Naturally dry fishes are kept for a longer period. This is the important factor of the deterioration of nutritional value and quality of them as they absorb moisture from the surroundings. The result of this study revealed that mean percentage of protein, lipid, carbohydrate, moisture and ash content ranged from 49.45 to 69.5, 3.5 to 7.8, 1.15 to 4.2, 35 to 14.4, and 2.2 to 8.2 respectively. The protein, lipid, carbohydrate and ash content showed decreasing value whereas moisture content showed increasing value with the increasing storage period. The microbial loads varied from 2.3 × 105 to 4.5 × 107 cfu/g in the dried fishes and showed a rising trend with increase in storage period. The study revealed that the fish species crossed the microbial specification fixed by Indian Standard during storage. The study also revealed that there is a huge lacuna in the process of drying, packaging and storage of dried fish.

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Dry Fish, Nutritional Value, Microbial Quality, Storage.
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Authors

Rabindranath Kundu
Department of Fisheries, Government of West Bengal, India
Ankita Pradhan
Department of Aquaculture Management and Technology, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India
Nachiketa Bandyopadhyay
Sidho Kanho Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal, India

Abstract


Dry fish is very common and low cost dietary protein among the Southern, Eastern and North-eastern States of India. The present study conducted for determining nutritive value and food quality in respect of microbial load for the storage period of one year with the four major sun-dried fish species, viz., Bombay duck (Harpadon nehereus), Ribbon fish (Lepturacanthus savala), Tapra (Setipinna phasa) and Ruli (Coilia dussumieri). Naturally dry fishes are kept for a longer period. This is the important factor of the deterioration of nutritional value and quality of them as they absorb moisture from the surroundings. The result of this study revealed that mean percentage of protein, lipid, carbohydrate, moisture and ash content ranged from 49.45 to 69.5, 3.5 to 7.8, 1.15 to 4.2, 35 to 14.4, and 2.2 to 8.2 respectively. The protein, lipid, carbohydrate and ash content showed decreasing value whereas moisture content showed increasing value with the increasing storage period. The microbial loads varied from 2.3 × 105 to 4.5 × 107 cfu/g in the dried fishes and showed a rising trend with increase in storage period. The study revealed that the fish species crossed the microbial specification fixed by Indian Standard during storage. The study also revealed that there is a huge lacuna in the process of drying, packaging and storage of dried fish.

Keywords


Dry Fish, Nutritional Value, Microbial Quality, Storage.

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