Emmanuel Adu Amankwah
Department of Food Science and TechnologyHealth SciencesLife SciencesPhysical Sciences

Emmanuel Adu Amankwah

17 Publications11 Research Themes11 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher investigates natural compounds within foods, beverages, and examines their health impacts. They employ mathematical models and biological techniques to analyze these compounds, assessing environmental metal exposure in agricultural products from Ghana. Their work aims to understand food composition, sensory properties, and functional activities, while optimizing drying processes for superior taste and quality.

Faculty Biography

Dr. Emmanuel Adu Amankwah is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Food Science and Technology.He holds B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Agricultural Engineering from KNUST (in 1996), an M.Sc. degree in Food Science and Technology (in 2000) and a Ph.D. in Food Science and Agrotechnology (in 2019) from the Wageningen University Research Center, The Netherlands.Dr. Amankwah's research areas include Drying Technology,  Food Engineering and Food Product Development. His research interested are focused in the areas of roots, tubers, cereals, cocoa, legumes, fruits and vegetable processing technolnology, sorption isotherms, model-based solar collector design, solar-adsorption drying, weaning foods, tomato ketchup, moringa fruit beverages and food processing related research.

Key Research Themes (11)
Health Sciences

Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress

Health Sciences

Diet and metabolism studies

Health Sciences

Food composition and properties

Life Sciences

Food Drying and Modeling

Physical Sciences

Heat Transfer Mechanisms

Physical Sciences

Heavy metals in environment

Physical Sciences

Heavy Metals in Plants

Life Sciences

Moringa oleifera research and applications

Health Sciences

Musicians’ Health and Performance

Life Sciences

Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food

Life Sciences

Phytase and its Applications

Publications (17)

Exposure and Health Impact Assessment of Essential and Non-essential Elements in Rice Sold on Ghanaian Markets

Open Access
2025Heavy Metals in PlantsDOI: 10.1177/11786302251350482

AFLATOXIN M1 CONTAMINATION IN COMMON ANIMAL PRODUCTS: EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT AND CANCER RISK EVALUATION

Open Access
2025Mycotoxins in Agriculture and FoodDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5571662

Exposure and Health Impact Assessment of Essential and Non-Essential Elements in Rice Sold on Ghanaian Markets

Open Access
2023Heavy metals in environmentDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3464348/v1

Exposure and health risk assessment of transition metals in rice found on the Ghanaian market

2023Heavy metals in environmentDOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11167-z

Changes in physicochemical and functional properties of Dioscorea rotundata yam flours in Ghana by different drying methods

2022Food composition and propertiesDOI: 10.1007/s42250-022-00396-3

Moisture Dependent Diffusion and Shrinkage in Yam during Drying

2018Food Drying and ModelingDOI: 10.1515/ijfe-2017-0394

Modeling the equilibrium moisture content of desorption and adsorption of yam (Dente)

2018Food Drying and Modeling

Distributed mathematical model supporting design and construction of solar collectors for drying

Open Access
2017Heat Transfer MechanismsDOI: 10.1080/07373937.2016.1269806

Drying Characteristics of Dried Banana (Musa sapientum)

2014Food Drying and ModelingDOI: 10.5176/2345-7848_1.1.3

Optimizing Acceptability of Fresh Moringa oleifera Beverage

Open Access
2013Moringa oleifera research and applications

Characterization of Fresh Moringa oleifera Beverage

Open Access
2013Moringa oleifera research and applications

THIN LAYER MODELING OF FHIA-21 (TETRAPLOID PLANTAIN)

2012Food Drying and Modeling

Nutritional Content and Functional Properties of French Horn, False Horn and FHIA-21

Open Access
2011Musicians’ Health and PerformanceDOI: 10.3923/ajft.2011.322.328

Some Anthropometric, Biochemical and Haematogical Studies of Rats Fed on Different Composite Diets Prepared from Maize, Groundnut and Soybean

Open Access
2010Diet and metabolism studiesDOI: 10.3923/ajcn.2010.200.207

Comparative study related to physico-chemical properties and sensory qualities of tomato juice and cocktail juice produced from oranges, tomatoes and carrots

Open Access
2010Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative StressDOI: 10.5897/ajfs.9000058

Formulation of Weaning Food from Fermented Maize, Rice, Soybean and Fishmeal

Open Access
2009Phytase and its ApplicationsDOI: 10.3923/pjn.2009.1747.1752

Effect of Fermentation and Malting on the Viscosity of Maize-Soyabean Weaning Blends

Open Access
2009Food composition and propertiesDOI: 10.3923/pjn.2009.1671.1675
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Food Science and Technology
Total Publications17
Research Themes11
Open Access Papers11

Department of Food Science and Technology

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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