HEALTH BENEFITS OF PAP

This seminar work is focused on the health benefits of pap. Pap also known as Akamu or Ogi, is a Nigerian sour gruel made from maize. It is a fermented non-alcoholic starchy food and amajor staple food widely consumed in West Africa. Pap can be consumed with variety of other products including with bread, steamed bean cake (moinmoin), fried bean cake (Akara), fried yam and plantain etc. It is used as a main meal for adult and sick patients and it is suitable for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Pap is widely used as the first native food given to babies at weaning to supplement breast milk and is a major breakfast cereal for preschool children and adults. It is consumed as a main mal for convalescing patients because it can easily by digested.