Nutritive And Organoleptic Assessment Of Three Fish Species Processed By Drying, Smoking And Frying) From Ailara Fishing Community, Asa Reservoir, Kwara State

 ABSTRACTThis study evaluated the nutritive and organoleptic properties of three fish species processed using three methods, sun-drying, smoking and trying in Ailara fishing community of Asa Reservoir in Kwara State. Sun-dried Oreochromis niloticus, Clarias gariepinus and Hydrocynus forskahlii is on the average more nutritive and better preserved than the others followed by the smoked and the fried. 0. niloticus, C. gariepinus and H. .forskahlii are generally liked by the respondents that represent the general populace of Ilorin with the fried 0. niloticus and C. gariepinus being the most…