H N Mishra
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nutr Food Sci
Nutritional deficiency is a major health problem in developing countries. Malnutrition is the major cause for the death of 50% of the 10-11 million children under the age of 5. Worldwide, there are about 60 million children with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and 13 million with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and approximately 1.6 billion people with anemia. The only proven way by which nutrition deficiency can be alleviated is increasing the intake of nutrients specially the micronutrients. Fortification can be done either by adding the target nutrients in to the food matrix which has better stability and deliverability or by increasing the nutritive value of food by mixing different food materials which compliments each other with the essential nutrients. Accordingly, 5 ready-to-eat therapeutic food (TF-RTE) formulations from locally available ingredients (3 peanut, 1 Bengal gram and 1 potato based), fortified with necessary vitamins and minerals as per the UNICEF/WHO norms, had been developed using Linear Programming to combat SAM. The developed formulations are soft, crushable, smooth and easily digestible with protein (10-12% of energy), fat (50ΓΆΒ?Β?60% of energy) and energy value (520ΓΆΒ?Β?540 kcal). A completely automated, indigenously designed and developed PLC controlled pilot scale unit has been set up according to the GMP/GHP requirements for the production of TF-RTE. Similarly, fortification through extrusion technology using non-traditional ingredients i.e., brokens (rice & dal), which are produced as by-products during milling, for the preparation of fortified rice (FR) analogues containing the embedded vitamins and minerals within rice and health dal (HD) analogues containing the required amount of essential amino acids within a single formulation are developed. Details of the formulation and processing technologies of TF-RTE, FR & HD shall be discussed.
Email: hnm@agfe.iitkgp.ernet.in
