DEVELOPMENT OF DHA FORTIFIED MILK BEVERAGE FOR PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN
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2022
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TANUVAS, CHENNAI
Abstract
Micronutrient deficiency is a persistent problem in India mainly due to low
dietary diversity and poor nutrient density of staple foods. The present generation of
all children are habituated with fast food consumption, which causes a numerous
adverse effect like stunted growth, nutritional deficiency disorder, obesity, etc. The
latest trending technique to overcome nutritional deficiencies is food fortification
which is considered to be more cost effective and enables improvement of health.
“Fortification” means deliberately increasing the content of essential micronutrients in
a food so as to improve the nutritional quality of food and to provide public health benefit with minimal risk to health. For complete wellbeing our body requires
vitamins and minerals that curb the micronutrient deficiencies. As India is the largest
producer of milk, which is a staple food it can be fortified with essential nutrients
such as vitamins, minerals, fatty acids using fruit and vegetable resources.