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Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) Formulations with Functional Food and Nutrient Density for the Treatment of Malnutrition in Crisis

BACKGROUND: Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) spread has been highly effective in the treatment of malnutrition in those affected by disasters since it does not require preparation and baking and has a long shelf life and sufficient energy to improve growth and weight loss. Such features may be c...

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Autores principales: Hadi, Saeid, Amani, Reza, Tehrani, Mostafa Mazaheri, Hadi, Vahid, Hejri, Sudiyeh, Askari, Gholamreza
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8980819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35392317
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_304_20
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author Hadi, Saeid
Amani, Reza
Tehrani, Mostafa Mazaheri
Hadi, Vahid
Hejri, Sudiyeh
Askari, Gholamreza
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Amani, Reza
Tehrani, Mostafa Mazaheri
Hadi, Vahid
Hejri, Sudiyeh
Askari, Gholamreza
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description BACKGROUND: Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) spread has been highly effective in the treatment of malnutrition in those affected by disasters since it does not require preparation and baking and has a long shelf life and sufficient energy to improve growth and weight loss. Such features may be crucial during crises such as wars and natural disasters. The present study aimed to design a high-energy and nutrient-dense RUTF formulation. METHODS: Soybean flour and milk protein concentrate were used as protein sources, corn flour, and sugar were employed as carbohydrate sources, cacao butter substitute was used as the lipid source, and vitamin/mineral, beta-alanine, arginine, Nigella sativa, and sesame seeds were used as a functional food. The study was performed in accordance with the guidelines of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and criteria for food products. RESULTS: To design the formulation, we used carbohydrates (45% of total energy), protein (13% of total energy), fat (42% of total energy), vitamins, minerals, beta-alanine, and arginine, and 100 grams of the diet was considered to release 525 kilocalories of energy. The experimental results of food safety at the determined intervals (at the beginning and 45 and 90 days after the production) showed acceptable values. CONCLUSIONS: Since nutritional requirements are among essential human needs (especially in the management of malnutrition in crisis), it is of utmost importance to prepare RUTF products in order to meet all human nutritional needs by facilitating the easy use of these products, particularly for the prevention of malnutrition and diseases.
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spelling pubmed-89808192022-04-06 Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) Formulations with Functional Food and Nutrient Density for the Treatment of Malnutrition in Crisis Hadi, Saeid Amani, Reza Tehrani, Mostafa Mazaheri Hadi, Vahid Hejri, Sudiyeh Askari, Gholamreza Int J Prev Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) spread has been highly effective in the treatment of malnutrition in those affected by disasters since it does not require preparation and baking and has a long shelf life and sufficient energy to improve growth and weight loss. Such features may be crucial during crises such as wars and natural disasters. The present study aimed to design a high-energy and nutrient-dense RUTF formulation. METHODS: Soybean flour and milk protein concentrate were used as protein sources, corn flour, and sugar were employed as carbohydrate sources, cacao butter substitute was used as the lipid source, and vitamin/mineral, beta-alanine, arginine, Nigella sativa, and sesame seeds were used as a functional food. The study was performed in accordance with the guidelines of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and criteria for food products. RESULTS: To design the formulation, we used carbohydrates (45% of total energy), protein (13% of total energy), fat (42% of total energy), vitamins, minerals, beta-alanine, and arginine, and 100 grams of the diet was considered to release 525 kilocalories of energy. The experimental results of food safety at the determined intervals (at the beginning and 45 and 90 days after the production) showed acceptable values. CONCLUSIONS: Since nutritional requirements are among essential human needs (especially in the management of malnutrition in crisis), it is of utmost importance to prepare RUTF products in order to meet all human nutritional needs by facilitating the easy use of these products, particularly for the prevention of malnutrition and diseases. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8980819/ /pubmed/35392317 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_304_20 Text en Copyright: © 2022 International Journal of Preventive Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Hadi, Saeid
Amani, Reza
Tehrani, Mostafa Mazaheri
Hadi, Vahid
Hejri, Sudiyeh
Askari, Gholamreza
Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) Formulations with Functional Food and Nutrient Density for the Treatment of Malnutrition in Crisis
title Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) Formulations with Functional Food and Nutrient Density for the Treatment of Malnutrition in Crisis
title_full Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) Formulations with Functional Food and Nutrient Density for the Treatment of Malnutrition in Crisis
title_fullStr Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) Formulations with Functional Food and Nutrient Density for the Treatment of Malnutrition in Crisis
title_full_unstemmed Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) Formulations with Functional Food and Nutrient Density for the Treatment of Malnutrition in Crisis
title_short Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) Formulations with Functional Food and Nutrient Density for the Treatment of Malnutrition in Crisis
title_sort ready-to-use therapeutic food (rutf) formulations with functional food and nutrient density for the treatment of malnutrition in crisis
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8980819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35392317
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_304_20
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