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Combate da insegurança alimentar em Moçambique: avaliação nutricional de uma mistura de produtos vegetais desidratados utilizada como suplemento alimentar
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The Franciscan Sisters’ Congregation of Nossa Senhora de Luluti, in Mozambique, has
developed a multi-mixture that is being used to fight micronutrient deficiencies in pregnant and
lactating women, as well as children, on the local population. This work aims at examining the
nutritional value of the developed product and its suitability for addressing the needs of the target
population.
The multi-mixture showed a humidity of 5.99%, pH of 4.5 and aw of 0.59. The product
have: 27% of fat, 24% of fiber, 21% of carbohydrates and 20% of protein. The product’s caloric
value was 408.09 Kcal/100g.
The multi-mixture also showed high levels of carotenoids (137.40 μg Eq β-carotene/g) and
phenolic compounds (2.41 mg Eq Gallic Ac./g), which provided, the mixture with a high
antioxidant capacity (DPPH: 1.84 mg Eq Trolox/g; ABTS: 1.86 mg Eq Ascorbic Ac./g).
The product regarding minerals and vitamins, presented high values of: phosphorus
(1019.23 mg/100 g), iron (17.44 mg/100 g), zinc (13.32 mg/100 g), magnesium (626.25 mg/100
g), vitamin B1 (0.61 mg/100 g), vitamin B2 (11.17 mg/100 g), vitamin B3 (26.59 mg/100 g), vitamin
B9 (0.12 mg/100 g), vitamin B12 (0.0007 mg/100 g) and vitamin E (19.53 mg/100 g).
Statistically, the multi-mixture had a similar micronutrient composition to commercialized
food supplements. Regarding the dosages administered on pregnant, lactating women and
children the product formed homogenous groups with little Euclidean distances (≤0.56) from
FDC-nutri and Centrum junior.
In summary, the daily dosages currently distributed by the Congregation were proven to be
insufficient, so a recommendation of at least doubling the quantity is put forward. The only
exception is related to the children’s group between 1 to 3 years, as if it was doubled it would
exceed the acceptable daily ingestion of magnesium
Descrição
Mestrado em Engenharia Alimentar - Instituto Superior de Agronomia
Palavras-chave
food insecurity hidden hunger multi-mixture food supplement Mozambique
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Neto, A.F.G. - Combate da insegurança alimentar em Moçambique: avaliação nutricional de uma mistura de produtos vegetais desidratados utilizada como suplemento alimentar. Lisboa: ISA, 2014, 99 p.