Effect of Papaya Seed Inclusion on The Organoleptic Properties of Catfish Fed Maggot Meal

Sixty (60) catfish juveniles of ten weeks old were used for the study with the objective of determining the effect of papaya seed inclusion on the organoleptic properties of catfish fed Maggot Meal (MGM). House fly maggots were collected fresh, washed, sundried, then crushed to obtain the MGM. Papaya seed were also obtained from papaya fruits purchased from the open market. The seeds were washed, sundried and crushed to obtain the Papaya Seed Meal (PSM). The fish were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments identified as T0, T1, T2, and T3. T0 was a pure popular foreign feed known as AllerAquaR which was not treated with any maggot meal or papaya meal. Its purpose (AllerAquaR ) was only to compare the locally compounded maggot meal based feeds with a popular foreign feed. Diets T1, T2, and T3 contained MGM at 30% inclusion level at the expense of fish meal. In addition to MGM, Papaya Seed Meal (PSM) was also included as additives to the three diets (T1,T2 and T3) at 0%, 1%, and 2% inclusion levels respectively. Fish were fed at 5% body weight daily for 12 weeks. Water was changed after every three days. The Organoleptic Properties/consumer response or acceptability of the catfish fed maggot meal based diets was investigated using consumer preference study involving the use of processed fish from each of the treatments placed in labeled plates for evaluation by a panel of judges who gave scores based on questionnaire given to them The results of the organoleptic analysis reveal significant (P<0.05) improvement on the consumer preference of fish fed maggot meal diets treated with papaya seed. Thus, the panelist’s acceptability of the processed fish fed papaya seed treated maggot meal diet was superior to the control. Hence, the incorporation of papaya seed in maggot meal based diets has no adverse effect on consumer acceptability of fish.