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A milk based infant food was formulated for 0-12 months old infants to replace powdered cow's milk which is distributed by the National Program of Complementary Feeding of the Ministery of Health. The Program supplies 2 kg/month of whole powdered milk to this population of infants and this means that in some cases the protein provided is higher than 200% of tlifi recommended daily dietary allowances while in other cases the energy supply reaches only 50-60% of the RDA. This fact led us to develop a new more balanced formula but with a similar cost of whole powdered milk for this age group. The new formula has the following nutritional characteristics: casein/whey protein: 40/60; highly digestible fats, an optimun level of essential fatty acids; carbohydrates with excellent digestibility; vitamins and minerals; the protein and caloric supply can be easily modulated between 1.5- 2.25 g/100 cc and 50-75 Kcal/100 cc respectively; adequate renal solute load (105-106 mOsm/lt). A study of the technical and economical feasibility was done in order to assure that all the previous characteristics were present within the cost initially set as objective. This was confirmed when the Ministery of Health called for a public proposal to produce 40 Ton of this infant formula to use it in a field study (about 3000 infants). This proposal was won by an important local milk industry and the cost of the product was 80% of the cost of whole milk. A shelf-life was carried out with this infant formula to determine its optimun stability.
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King, J., De Pablo, S. & Montes De Oca, F. FORMULATION OF AN INFANT FOOD FOR THE NATIONAL PROGRAM OF COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING. Pediatr Res 22, 370 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198709000-00039
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198709000-00039