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  Milk Fortification – A Much-Needed Practice Milk is already a superfood packed with nutrients, but it goes through a series of purification and skimming that may take away its essential nutrient content. That’s why it has become imperative to start practising milk fortification. “Skimmed milk has lesser vitamin A & D that diminishes its nutrient content.” – Food Fortification Resource Centre (FFRC) It is more than enough reason to think about fortification that can bring back the vitamins to the milk. While nutritional supplements in the form of capsules or tablets can tackle malnutrition issues, they are neither completely accessible nor highly affordable to common people. As a result, milk fortification emerges as a low-cost, preventive approach to cater to nutrition deficiency. Fortification of Milk – The Journey Of India FSSAI & FFRC The FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority Of India) approved five staples for fortification, such as wheat flour, salt, rice, milk ...

  Fortification of rice can be done by the following methods, according to GAIN: 1.Hot Extrusion: The rice can be fortified by the extrusion process, which involves combining the rice flour, micronutrient premixes and water and then the product is extruded in the form of rice kernels. The process involves subjecting the product to heat i.e. 70°C -110°C, hence the product is precooked ​ 2.Cold Extrusion: This process is like hot extrusion, but there is no heat processing and rice flour is replaced by rice dough, which is combined with the micronutrient premix. The mixture is then extruded in the form of rice like kernels. This type of fortified rice is not precooked. ​ 3.Coating: In this technique, the micronutrient premixes are combined with ingredients like gum and waxes, which is later sprayed on the rice. ​ 4.Dusting: This method involves dusting of the rice grains with the micronutrient premixes, which binds with the rice grains due to electrostatic force. ​ Although other tech...

  What does RUSF stand for? RUSF stands for Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food. It is a fortified paste made up of sugar, dried skim milk, oil, and a micronutrient premix of essential vitamins and nutrients. It may also include groundnuts (peanuts), oil seeds, and soya. RUSF is intended for children aged 6 months and older with Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM). They are prepackaged and ready to be consumed immediately without preparation. The formulation delivers all the nutrients to reduce or eliminate the short fall in local diets and helps meet daily requirement unlike fortified blend foods that require further preparation at home. What nutrients are in RUSF? RUSFs   can be made with a custom composition of micronutrients but generally contain fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K), water-soluble vitamins (B1, B2, B6, B12, C, folic acid, pantothenic acid, niacin, biotin), essential minerals (sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, iron, zinc, copper, selenium...

 Our commitment to wholesome nutrition extends to ensuring the animals in the food supply as well as pets have the nutrition they need. We offer ready to use premixes of Vitamins, Trace Minerals, and Amino Acids for fortifying a variety of animal feeds for Poultry, Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Pets, and Aquatic Animals. We also have a range of feed additives used to ensure total health and growth promotion. Our Animal Nutrition products are manufactured in a separate facility from those prepared for humans. Our team of dedicated, qualified industry experts constantly strives to maintain our preset standard of quality in the manufacturing process. Browse below to see our range of products. Nutritional Supplements for Pets Water Softeners Powder Feed Supplements Water Miscible Liquids Liver Tonics Toxin Binders Mould Inhibitors Pellet Binders By-Pass Fat Growth Promoters and Probiotics Enzymes FEEDVIT-AD3EC PREMIX Feedvit-AD3EC premix is a combination of fat-soluble and water-soluble vitam...

  What is Sprinkles TM ? Sprinkles is an innovative home fortification method to improve the health and well-being of women and children by combating vitamin and mineral deficiencies. ​Sprinkles is a 1 gram sachet that can be easily mixed into any food prepared at home. It does not interact with food components or significantly change the taste, colour or texture of the food to which it is added. ​Sprinkles not only attempts to restore the nutritional status of pre-schoolers who are already undernourished, but also focuses on preventing malnutrition in mothers during pregnancy and in infants and young children during their first two years of life. ​Community-based studies on Sprinkles involving both anaemic and non-anaemic children have been completed in more than eight international locations, all showing success in treating and preventing anaemia. What Varieties of Sprinkles Micronutrients are Available? Nutritional Anemia Formulation Sprinkles TM   is a mix of five micronut...

 The beginning of the session saw Moderator Mr. Arun Mishra, Head Global, Health & Wellness, Regulatory Affairs, Unilever extending a warm welcome and introduction of the panelists. Dr. Jagmeet Madan, National President, IDA shared here views highlighting as to why the micronutrients are relevant in these COVID times. She shared that it's not a hidden fact that India has been suppressed always under the triple burden of gross undernutrition, overnutrition & obesity, one thread that is constant across the spectrum is Micronutrient deficiencies or “Hidden Hunger”. Micronutrient deficiencies have become more pertinent & apparent in recent times because we are looking at the relevance of these nutrients now at a molecular level. From cellular metabolic reactions to strengthen the immune system we now need the micronutrients more than ever. Recent studies have emerged with some interesting findings on the COVID-19 virus & ACE-2 receptors concluding the nutrients that ...

  Extreme poverty, no matter where it occurs, poses a threat to human welfare. According to the World Food Programme, nearly 690 million people went hungry in2019, up 10 million from 2018 and nearly 60 million in five years. The most recent Hidden Hunger studies ignore the consequences of the projected disasters in2020, where hunger and undernutrition are already serious, placing their populations at greater risk of acute food shortages and chronic hunger in the future. Millions of people are facing food and nutrition insecurity as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic downturn, which is compounded by conflict and climate extremes. A worldwide shift to combat hidden hunger must be triggered by numerous governmental bodies and non-governmental organizations collaborating with food producers to process food in such a way that micronutrient shortages are eventually addressed. Micronutrients can be mixed with staple foods like rice, oil, wheat, or maize flour,...

  What does RUTF stand for? RUTF stands for ready-to-use therapeutic food. It is made up of sugar, dried skim milk, oil, and a micronutrient premix of essential vitamins and nutrients. It may also include groundnuts (peanuts), oil seeds, and cereals. ​RUTF nutrition is aimed at providing those experiencing severe acute malnutrition with the nutrition they need. RUTFs are easier to administer than therapeutic milk such as F75 and F100 because RUTFs do not need cooking or heating. They are prepackaged and ready to be consumed immediately without preparation. What nutrients are in RUTF? Ready-to-use ther a peutic food provides similar nutrition to that of therapeutic milk. RUTFs can be made with a custom composition of micronutrients but generally contain fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K), water-soluble vitamins (B1, B2, B6, B12, C, folic acid, niacin, biotin), essential minerals (sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, selenium, iodine), and fatty acids...

  Recipe by Mr. Aman Yadav Recipe Name: Fenugreek Paratha with tomato and tamarind chutney Ingredients Bajra flour – 50g, whole wheat flour-50g, fenugreek leaves -100g, soya chunks -20g, onion 10g, tomato -20g. , potato -20g, green chili -5g, coriander leaves -20g, tamarind pulp – 10g, fortified salt as per taste, turmeric -5g, fortified mustard oil -10g. Method of preparation Finely chop vegetables (green chilli ,onion ,tomato ) Boil fenugreek leaves and potatoes Now take boiled fenugreek leaves and make paste and divide it into two parts • Now mash the boil potato and add chopped vegetables and half of the Fenugreek paste and add salt and turmeric and mix it well Now take Bajra flour and whole wheat flour, add the remaining half of the Fenugreek paste, and knead it well . And using this dough make paratha Put one teaspoon of fortified mustard oil on hot tawa and put paratha on tawa and let it cook Now put some mixture of mashed potatoes and fenugreek on paratha and roll it...

  India, being a developing country, has a twin burden of malnutrition and infectious diseases, as well as lifestyle-related degenerative disorders like obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and malignancies. Apart from these issues, India suffers from vitamin deficiencies, which harm growth and development. The National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN Abhiyan) recognizes staple food fortification as one of the most cost-effective and complementary strategies for reducing micronutrient deficiency across all demographic groups. The importance of Vitamins A and D in strengthening immunity has long been known. Vitamin D is crucial for bone health, and children's growth might remain stunted if they don't get enough of it. According to recent research, the population has a high incidence of these two vitamin deficiencies, which is a significant public health concern. Synnex in association with India’s leading organizations brought together this session on Dairy & Be...