Development of malted cereal and legume based supplementary foods to combat malnutrition among children
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2021
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Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
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Six supplementary foods were developed using different levels of malted wheat, malted ragi,
malted mung, carrot and flaxseed powder and ratio of 70:12.5:12.5:2.5:2.5 was found highly
acceptable in dalia, 2.5:2.5:45:2.5:2.5 in khichdi, 90:0.5:5:2:2.5 in panjiri, 80:2:10:4:4 in
biscuits, 10:2:80:4:4 in pancakes and 5:2:5:4:4 in seviyan. The highly acceptable foods along
with control and processed ingredients were analyzed for nutritional and anti-nutritional
factors. A significant (p<0.01) increase in protein (17.88, 10.47 and 7.27%), calcium (76.07,
11.64 and 9.83%), phosphorus (6.68, 11.14 and 3.94%) content along with essential amino
acids was observed in malted wheat, ragi and mung, respectively. Phytin phosphors content
was found to be significantly (p<0.01) decreased in malted wheat, ragi and mung i.e. 425.17,
477.95 and 475.55 mg/100g, respectively. Supplementary foods developed by using
combination of malted flours, carrot and flaxseed powder were found to have significantly
(p<0.05) improved proximate composition, minerals and amino acids content. In vitro protein
and starch digestibility was also found to be increased in malted flours based products along
with increased total phenols content. To study the impact of supplementation, 60
malnourished children (3-5 years), were selected from urban slum areas of Ludhiana city. The
subjects in the experimental group were supplemented with 60±5 g of biscuits 6 days a week
for a period of 4 months. In experimental group, a significant (p<0.01), (p<0.05) increase in
intake of all food groups except milk and milk products and other vegetables, was observed
with the significant increase in nutrients intake and significant (p<0.01) improvement in
anthropometric measurements were also observed after supplementation and the prevalence of
moderately and severely malnourished children was found to be reduced from 23.33 to 13.33
percent and 13.33 percent to zero, respectively. The developed supplementary foods can be
easily provided in anganwadi centers and school feeding programmes as a cost effective
strategy to combat malnutrition.
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Sukhmandeep Kaur (2021). Development of malted cereal and legume based supplementary foods to combat malnutrition among children (Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation). Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.