Development of nutrient dense supplementary products for children by using locally available cereals, soy flour, bengal gram leaves and cow pea leaves

Malnourished children are often victim of various infections like weight loss, iron deficiency, iodine deficiency, vitamin A deficiency etc. As with underweight, the prevalence of different micronutrient deficiencies varies widely across states. Prevention of malnutrition can be started by providing nutrient dense supplementary foods to the children. So present study was designed to develop low cost nutrient dense supplementary products for children by using locally available cereals, soy flour, bengal gram leaves and cow pea leaves. Different types of ten supplementary food were developed and their sensory evaluation, nutrient evaluation and cost analysis was done. It was found that all the products were organoleptically acceptable and overall acceptability scores revealed that malted (B) and fermented (C) products were more acceptable as compared to the unprocessed variant (A). Nutritionally products were containing higher percentage of energy, protein, calcium and iron in comparison to standard with a cost of Rs 1.4 – 5.0.

Author(s): Bisla G*, Archana and Pareek S

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