What is it about?
This review set out to determine whether there was evidence to support the addition of animal source foods, primarily because of their higher quality protein, to food aid porridges. We found little evidence to support the costly addition of products such as whey protein concentrate or non-fat dried milk to these food aid porridges.
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Why is it important?
This is important because the whey protein concentrate and nonfat dried milk can make up a substantial portion of the cost of these food aid products. If other protein sources can be used instead, it can drastically decrease the cost of food aid.
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This page is a summary of: Is the Inclusion of Animal Source Foods in Fortified Blended Foods Justified?, Nutrients, September 2014, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/nu6093516.
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Resources
Nutrient Cost-Effectiveness of Fortified Blended Food Aid Products
Describes the economics of food aid porridges produced from different commodities and producing them in different countries.
2017 Global Food Systems - New sorghum product improves child nutrition
Video describing the project.
The MFFAPP Tanzania Efficacy Study Protocol: Newly Formulated, Extruded, Fortified Blended Foods for Food Aid
Study design paper.
Complementary Feeding of Sorghum-Based and Corn-Based Fortified Blended Foods Results in Similar Iron, Vitamin A, and Anthropometric Outcomes in the MFFAPP Tanzania Efficacy Study
Manuscript describes the results of the efficacy study.
Newly formulated, extruded sorghum, cowpea, corn, and soy containing fortified-blended foods lead to adequate vitamin A, iron outcomes and improved growth compared with CSB+ in rats
Rat bioavailability study.
Novel Formulated Fortified Blended Foods Result in Improved Protein Efficiency and Hepatic Iron Levels Compared to CSB+ in Broiler Chickens
Study on newer FBFs in broiler chickens.
Bioavailable Iron and Vitamin A in Newly Formulated, Extruded Corn, Soybean, Sorghum and Cowpea Fortified-Blended Foods in the In-vitro Digestion/Caco-2 Cell Model
In vitro bioavailability work related to the project.
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