Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Flakes Bulbs Garut Reduce Risk of Anemia

Nutritional Anemia Iron (AGB) is a problem of micronutrients with the highest prevalence in the world in almost all age groups, gender, and physiological conditions. The most vulnerable groups of anemia are preschool age children, adolescent girls, pregnant women and nursing mothers.

Programs that have been done to reduce the problem of AGB in Indonesia on new juvenile form of nutrition education programs. Fortification is one strategy to improve community nutrition iron deficiency especially for adolescents with a relatively low cost.

In addition, local food enriched by iron and micronutrients may reduce the prevalence of anemia, improve infant iron status, and prevent loss of iron in children aged 6-12 months in developing countries. Thus press release received IPB Republika, Tuesday (13/1).

To reduce the risk of AGB in adolescent girls, researchers from the Department of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Human Ecology, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB FEMA) M Mifthah Faridh Chairil and Lili Kustiyah, making flakes formula derived from tubers Garut, which has been published in the Journal of Nutrition and Food in July 2014.


Arrowroot starch is one of the main processed arrowroot tuber that has a natural carbohydrate that is pure and has a high viscosity. Arrowroot starch in fat and low protein and phosphorus and iron were higher than wheat flour.

Flakes based arrowroot starch by combining soy protein isolate. This is done so that vegetarians can also enjoy flakes. This product is expected to meet the needs of adolescents protein for a snack. Adequacy of protein obtained from a snack in the range of 15 percent of the daily protein requirement.

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