Low cost weaning mix is nutritionally rich baby food developed using locally available food materials from all the food groups i.e. cereals, pulses, oilseeds and Vitamin A rich sweet potato. This weaning mix is nutritionally rich, easy to prepare, thus providing a healthy substitute to the costly weaning mixes available in the market.
Nutrients |
Percentage |
Moisture (%)
|
5.81
|
Crude protein (%)
|
10.86
|
Crude fat (%)
|
5.89
|
Total ash (%)
|
1.95
|
Crude fibre (%)
|
2.78
|
Energy value (Kcal/100 g)
|
456
|
Beta carotene (approximately)
|
8.454
|
Dry matter (%)
|
94.19
|
Thirteen training cum demonstration programs were conducted in six villages of Khurda and Puri district involving 219 mothers/farm women to demonstrate the making procedure of low cost weaning mix
Abha Singh, ICAR-CIWA, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Developed and tested
2005-2008, For feeding of infants
Rs. 70-90/-per Kg.
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