ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

Sec. Sustainable Food Processing

Volume 9 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2025.1578353

Sensory Profiling of Traditional Sorghum Porridge (Aceda): Advancing Nutritious and Culturally Accepted Biofortified Products

Provisionally accepted
Manhal GobaraManhal Gobara1Claudia BöhmeClaudia Böhme2Khitma Abdalha MustafaKhitma Abdalha Mustafa1Yousif IdrisYousif Idris3Mohammed HamadMohammed Hamad1Faraz MuneerFaraz Muneer4Mahbubjon RahmatovMahbubjon Rahmatov4Mohammed ElsafyMohammed Elsafy4*Tilal AbdelhalimTilal Abdelhalim1
  • 1Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC), Wad Madani, Al Jazirah, Sudan
  • 2Leibniz Institute for Educational Media, Georg Eckert Institute (GEI), Braunschweig, Germany
  • 3College of Agricultural Studies, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum North, Sudan
  • 4Department of Plant Breeding, Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden

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Introduction: Micronutrient deficiencies remain a significant public health concern in Sudan and are exacerbated by conflict and displacement.Methods: This study assessed the sensory attributes and acceptability (hedonic scale) of Aceda, a traditional Sudanese fermented sorghum-based porridge prepared using biofortified (Dahab) and non-biofortified (Wad Ahmed and Dabar) sorghum cultivars and their blends. Sensory evaluation by 28 semi-trained assessors identified color, firmness, and mouthfeel as the key preference drivers.

Keywords: biofortified sorghum, hidden hunger, indigenous food processing, sensory profile, 36

Received: 17 Feb 2025; Accepted: 30 May 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Gobara, Böhme, Mustafa, Idris, Hamad, Muneer, Rahmatov, Elsafy and Abdelhalim. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Mohammed Elsafy, Department of Plant Breeding, Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden

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