Acceptability of Iron- and Zinc-Biofortified Pearl Millet (ICTP-8203)-Based Complementary Foods among Children in an Urban Slum of Mumbai, India

Acceptability of Iron- and Zinc-Biofortified Pearl Millet (ICTP-8203)-Based Complementary Foods among Children in an Urban Slum of Mumbai, India

Biofortification, a method for increasing micronutrient content of staple crops, is a promising strategy for combating major global health problems, such as iron and zinc deficiency. We examined the acceptability of recipes prepared using iron- and zinc-biofortified pearl millet (FeZnPM) (~80 ppm Fe...

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Main Authors: Samantha Lee Huey, Sudha Venkatramanan, Shobha A. Udipi, Julia Leigh Finkelstein, Padmini Ghugre, Jere Douglas Haas, Varsha Thakker, Aparna Thorat, Ashwini Salvi, Anura V. Kurpad, Saurabh Mehta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Nutrition
Subjects:
pearl millet
ICTP-8203
iron
iron deficiency
biofortification
acceptability
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnut.2017.00039/full

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