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The use of Oilseeds and Nuts in the Feeding of Infants and Pre-School Children in the Developing Countries

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Title The use of Oilseeds and Nuts in the Feeding of Infants and Pre-School Children in the Developing Countries
 
Creator Swaminathan, M.
 
Subject 01 Oilseeds
33 Nuts
03 Child nutrition
 
Description In view of the acute shortage of milk and other protein-rich foods of animal origin
and the widespread occurrence of protein-calorie malnutrition among weaned infants and
pre-school children in the developing countries, there is an urgent need for utilising other
available sources of proteins such as oilseeds and nuts and their meals for feeding infants and
pre-school children. A considerable amount of work has been carried out in different countries
in developing methods for the production of milk substitutes, infant foods and processed
protein foods based on oilseeds and nuts and their meals. The present review summarises the
more recent findings. Among the different oilseeds and nuts, soyabeans and peanuts are the
most promlsing for the production of milk substitutes and infant foods. Soyabeans possess
the unique additional advantage of containίng proteins of high nutritive value (PER 2·0)
which can be increased to 3.0 by fortification with DL-methionine. The protein rich supplements
based on oilseed meals include (i) high protein foods containing over 40 per cent protein and
fortified with vitamins and minerals, (ii> protein-enriched cereal foods containing from 16 to
26 per cent protein and fortified with vitamins and minerals. Studies with experimental animals
and with infants have demonstrated that the milk substitutes and infant foods based on oilseeds
and nuts possess high nutritive value and promote good growth. Studies with pre-school
children have shown that the protein foods based on oilseed meals supplement effectively
the poor diets normally consumed in the developing countries. Further, the costs of the above
products are very much less than those of milk and other animal foods. It may be concluded
that the large-scale production and use of the various products mentioned above will help effectively
to overcome protein-calorie malnutrition and also in improving the health and nutrition
of infants and pre-school children in the deve!oping countries.
 
Date 1969
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/1733/1/Plant_Foods_for_Human_Nutrition_1969%281%29_205-.pdf
Swaminathan, M. (1969) The use of Oilseeds and Nuts in the Feeding of Infants and Pre-School Children in the Developing Countries. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 1. pp. 205-235.