I. Evaluation of a Controlled 6 Months Feeding Trial on Intake by Infants and Toddlers Fed a High Energy-Low Bulk Gruel Versus a High Energy-High Bulk Gruel in Addition to Their Habitual Home Diet

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The aim of this study was to determine the intake of 68 slum children (6–24 months old) pair matched for age and nutritional status who were fed an experimental energy dense (1.63 Kcal/ml) wheat flour gruel rendered low-viscosity with catalytic amounts of germinated wheat flour (Amylase-Rkh Food, ARF) v. an identical high viscosity control gruel without ARF for a once-a-day ad lib feed in addition to the habitual home diet for a period of 180 days. The mean intake in the experimental group was 124 ml and 199 Kcal v. 31 ml and 50 Kcal in the control gruel group per child/day. The gruel feeds were well accepted and were complementary to the home diet (breastmilk plus some family diet which provided only 420–461 Kcal/day). The experimental and control gruels provided about 20 and 5 per cent of the food energy RDA,1 respectively. The protein RDA was nearly met by the home diet in both groups. The study demonstrated a simple means to greatly increase the food energy intake in this age group by offering high energy yet low bulk gruels with the help of the ARF technology.

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