Plumpy'Net: The Solution to Malnutrition
April 7, 2011
Plumpy'Nut is a peanut-based product for children in tropical regions. It can be stored for two years without refrigeration. It has high nutritional value. It has calories.
vPlumpy'nut requires no water, preparation, or refrigeration and has a 2 year shelf life, making it easy to deploy in difficult conditions to treat severe acute malnutrition. It is distributed under medical supervision, predominantly to parents of malnourished children where the nutritional status of the children is compromised. It is manufactured by Nutriset, a French company based in Rouen for use by humanitarian organizations for food aid distribution.The ingredients are peanut paste, vegetable oil, powdered milk, powdered sugar, vitamins, and minerals, combined in a foil pouch. It tastes slightly sweeter than peanut butter. Each 92g pack provides 500 kcal or 2.1 MJ.
Plumpy'nut contains vitamins A, B-complex, C, D, E, and K, and minerals calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, zinc, copper, iron, iodine, sodium, and selenium.
Basically, it's the universal kids' food: a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, but with no bread.