Table 6.

Product profile of preferred/ good quality pounded yam

Product profile*
Raw material (tubers)
Healthy big tuber
Tuber with low water content
Brown colour of skin
Regular shape
Processing
White flesh colour (except if it is yellow yam (D. cayenensis)
Easy to peel
No colour change during peeling
Short cooking time
Absorbs less water during cooking and pounding
Forms smooth dough easily
Final product
South‐east
Appearance: White colour dough
Textural quality: Stretchable, mouldable, not sticky, smooth, moderately soft/ hard
Taste: sweet
Appealing aroma
South‐west
Textural quality: Stretchable, mouldable, not sticky, smooth, moderately soft/ hard
Appearance: White Colour dough except if it is yellow yam (D. cayenensis)
Taste: sweet
Appealing aroma

^*The preferred traits are in order of preference.