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IFAD 2011Session 6: Food Aid Quality
Review: Product Recommendations“Balancing the Elements of the
Nutritional Improvement in Food Aid”
Irwin H Rosenberg, MDTufts University
PRIMARY BENEFICIARY GROUPS(MODEL FOR FBF REFORMULATION)
Prevention of stunting (linear growth promotion) among children 6-24 months
Management of moderate wasting among children 6-59 months
Meeting the elevated protein and micronutrient needs of nutritionally-vulnerable pregnant and lactating women
Management or prevention of moderate wasting among people (including adults) living with HIV or AIDS
Session 6: Food Aid QualityReview: Product Recommendations
Recommendations for Product Changes
• Upgrade the macronutrient contents of the precooked, fortified cereal blends (CSB, WSB and similar FBF products)
• Upgrade the macronutrient composition of those same FBFs
• Upgrade the micronutrient composition of soy-fortified enriched blended cereals (SFB, soy-fortified [SFG], and similar products) and of fortified milled grains
• Upgrade the micronutrient profile of currently used vitamin A-fortified vegetable oil
Process
• Staged implementation• Research and field trials• Harmonization with WFP, UNICEF
Recommendations
• The quantity of protein should be increased, and whey protein concentrate (WPC) should be added.
• Increase the fat content including n-3 and n-6 fatty acids.
• Increase the energy content.