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How Are Enzymes Used In THe Food Industry?

Enzymes are proteinous components that act as catalysts in essential chemical reactions necessary for bodily functions including respiration, metabolism and digestion.They are also applied in industrial processes involving chemical reactions, and are generally sourced from plant or animal tissues. Alongside…

What Is RUTF?

RUTF is a therapeutic food utilized in the treatment of severely malnourished children.  It is deemed very efficient as an approximated 90% of subjects acclaim recovery within just a couple of weeks. The constituents of RUTF comprise of a peanut…

Nutrition Challenges For Governments

Governments experience a heavy burden of malnutrition that manifests in form of either undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies or obesity. These issues complexities are accentuated by rapid urbanization, globalization, poverty and powerful corporate interests .The malnutrition burden , specifically under-nutrition causes childhood…

Importance Of National Food Policies

In this post ,we will explicate the significance of national food policies. Micro-nutrient deficiencies of the vital nutrients i.e. vitamins and minerals including zinc, Vitamin A , iron and folate; and, the increasing macro-nutrient over-nutrition epidemic are associtaed with detrimental…

Ways To Ensure You Reduce Food Wastage

Food waste is the discarding of consumable food. Unlike food loss , that may occur along the food chain during either agricultural production, post-harvest handling, storage or processing, food waste involves food that is ready for consumption being thrown away. However,…