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Protein quality assessment in follow-up formula for young children and ready to use therapeutic foods

Report of the FAO Expert Working Group, Rome, 6–9 November 2017

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 50

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-131120-2

Series title FAO Food and Nutrition Paper

Series number N/A

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Consistent with the need to provide safe food for young children, particularly during the complementary feeding period between 12 and 36 months and the period of rapid development to age 59 months, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) convened an Expert Working Group the FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, from 6 to 9 November 2017. The meeting addressed questions related to protein quality evaluation in two distinct products used to feed children in different conditions: Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) and Follow up Formula for Young Children (FUF-YC). Specific meeting objectives were: • To determine the appropriate comparative protein or amino acid reference pattern to define protein quality for use in FUF-YC and RUTF. • To provide guidance on the preferred protein quality assessment methodology that should be stipulated with the standards for FUF-YC and RUTF. • To provide guidance on the measurement of protein and amino acid digestibility. • To provide the appropriate reference amino acid profiles and the amino acid composition of common ingredients used for FUF-YC and RUTF. • To provide cost implications for countries to use PDCAAS in FUF-YC and RUTF. This report provides future research recommendations including the need to generate data on the true ileal digestibility for different protein sources so that Digestible Indispensable Amino Acid Score (DIAAS) values can be used in the future.

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