Studies on a Wheat- based Amylase-rich Food

Gopaldas, Tara; Deshpande, Suneeta; John, Chinnamma

doi:10.1177/156482658801000314

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“…The age effects seen in the current study are consistent with reports by Gopaldas et al [12,21] who reported that Indian mothers preferred to give older children (10 months of age or older) thicker porridges of spoonable consistency (2,000-6,000 cps) rather than thin, free-flowing gruels (1,000 cps) like those fed to younger children. The effect of a child's health status on maternal preference for complementary food consistency found in the current study is also consistent with other reports.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 95%

Maternal Preferences for Consistency of Complementary Foods in Guatemala

Parker¹,

Schroeder²,

Hurtado³

1998

Food Nutr Bull

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Increasing the nutrient density of complementary food mixtures is a common strategy for improving child nutrition in developing countries. Such modification, however, typically increases the viscosity of the mixtures, which may not appeal to caretakers or children. To assess maternal preference for complementary food consistency, 46 rural Guatemalan mothers, each of whom had a child between 6 and 14 months of age, were interviewed by trained data collectors and participated in focus group discussions. Strong opinions regarding consistencies of complementary foods were identified, which varied according to the child's age and health status. Mothers preferred thinner complementary foods for children less than one year old and thicker foods for children more than one year old. When the child had a cough or fever, most mothers preferred thin, liquid complementary foods. When the child had diarrhoea, about half of the mothers believed thinner complementary foods would replace the water the child lost with diarrhoea, whereas other mothers believed that thicker complementary foods would harden the stool or stop diarrhoea. This information will help guide efforts to develop improved complementary foods, particularly those for use during illness in underprivileged populations of developing countries.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 95%

Maternal Preferences for Consistency of Complementary Foods in Guatemala

Parker¹,

Schroeder²,

Hurtado³

1998

Food Nutr Bull

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“…When the ARF was added to a 10% hot paste rice gruel at the 4% level the mean intake of gruel by 30 6-to 12-month-old infants was doubled. In a further study ARF made by malting wheat doubled the energy intake of 6-to 12-month-old infants fed a wheat porridge containing 4% ARF (79). Similar results were reported by John and Gopaldas (80) by the addition of wheat-derived ARF to soy-fortified bulgur wheat gruels.…”

Section: Increasing Energy Densitysupporting

confidence: 81%

Centrally processed weaning foods for use in developing countries

Jansen

1992

Food Reviews International

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Many approaches are needed to improve child survival and growth in developing countries. Among these are improved sanitation, breast-feeding promotion, immunizations, diarrheal disease control, and the provision of safe and nutritious weaning foods. This review considers weaning food developments in the context of aggregate data on changes in the nutrition situation in developing countries. Infant and child mortality and growth data are reviewed. These data reveal that progress has been made in many regions of the developing world in reducing infant and child mortality over the last 20 years. Less success is apparent in reducing the prevalence of linear growth retardation of preschool children. The importance of breast-feeding and improved sanitary practices is stressed. This review is focused on the important role weaning foods can play in addition to other cultural and health inputs in improving growth and child survival in the developing world. Following a brief introduction to the weaning period, breast-feeding and weaning practices in all regions of the developing world are reviewed. Weaning 307

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“…The Codex Standard31 for processed cereal‐based foods for infants and children states that reconstituted dry cereal should be suitable for spoon feeding of infants and children. Previous studies have reported that mothers preferred semi‐liquid, easily spoonable porridges with various viscosity ranges including 2000–6000 cp32 and 1000–3000 cp 33. The high viscosities of the traditional porridges may limit the amount consumed by infants and young children due to the high bulk.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Acceptability, storage stability and costing of α‐amylase‐treated maize–beans–groundnuts–bambaranuts complementary blend

Owino

Sinkala²,

Amadi

et al. 2007

J Sci Food Agric

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The effects of α-amylase treatment on physical properties, acceptability to mothers, and cost of roasted and extruded maize-beans-groundnuts-bambaranuts complementary porridge recipes were assessed prior to their industrial production. Storage stability of the extruded α-amylase-treated fortified blend was assessed at 2 weeks and 6 months by sensory evaluation, peroxide value, water activity and microbiological load. The use of α-amylase at 0.04% w/w enhanced porridge acceptability and resulted in 88% and 122% increase in flour concentration for roasted and extrusion-cooked porridge flour, respectively, while maintaining porridge viscosity at 1000-fold lower than that of traditionally used porridges. The extrusion cooked blend was stable for 6 months. α-Amylase application increased the unit cost of the developed blend by only 1.4%. The total cost was less than US $2 kg −1 , half the minimum price of commercially available complementary foods. Further work on marketing and the efficacy of this inexpensive food on growth of infants is warranted.

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Studies on a Wheat- based Amylase-rich Food

Cited by 29 publications

References 2 publications

Maternal Preferences for Consistency of Complementary Foods in Guatemala

Maternal Preferences for Consistency of Complementary Foods in Guatemala

Centrally processed weaning foods for use in developing countries

Acceptability, storage stability and costing of α‐amylase‐treated maize–beans–groundnuts–bambaranuts complementary blend

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