Proximate analysis of low-cost locally produced weaning foods and its safety aspects, in comparison to imported weaning foods
1 World Vision International, Zia Mension, (3rd floor), Shahid Shoroni, Baharchora, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
2 Institute of Food Science Technology (IFST), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
3 Department of Applied Nutrition and Food Technology, Islamic University, Bangladesh.
4 Magenta International, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
5 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Research Article
International Journal of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences Archive, 2024, 08(01), 057–065.
Article DOI: 10.53771/ijbpsa.2024.8.1.0065
Publication history:
Received on 23 June 2024; revised on 04 August 2024; accepted on 07 August 2024
Abstract:
Malnutrition is a persistent health problem among children in Bangladesh, especially under 2 year’s children due to the lack of proper weaning foods both diverse and balanced. Highly nutritive locally produced weaning foods were prepared using locally available food resources to ensure the availability of low-cost weaning food in Bangladesh. The developed foods were evaluated for their nutritional characteristics and microbiological quality. The food (L-1) contained the major nutrients like moisture, ash, fat, protein, fiber, carbohydrate, and energy respectively 2.96%, 3.13%, 9.45%, 15.56%, 0.07%, 59.12%, and 394.1 kcal/ 100 g, and (L-2) 2.08%, 3.09%, 9.3%, 16.09%, 0.08%, 59.74%, and 397.5 kcal/ 100 g, respectively which were comparable to those of the three good quality imported commercial weaning foods F-1, F-2, and F-3. The vitamin A, iron, and calcium contents were significantly different (p<0.05) than the commercial foods. The overall bacteriological status of the prepared and imported commercial weaning foods was observed to be satisfactory. The costs of the locally prepared weaning foods are considerably cheaper than the three imported commercial weaning foods of the same quality and suitable for low-income people of Bangladesh.
Keywords:
Weaning Food; Low Cost; Locally produced; Rice; Wheat; Commercial
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