Based on the staple dietary consumption of the low to middle income population groups in Southern Africa, pre-cooked maize and soya bean is the preferred vehicle, blended at a ratio of 60% maize and 40% soya bean. Soya bean…

Food fortification, when combined with social safety net programmes (school feeding schemes, distribution to poor or vulnerable groups, food for work programmes, food aid during emergency situations) have been effective tools for the delivery of fortified food and the…

Studies reveal that the benefits of minerals that are chemically chelated (bonded) with amino acids to form complexes help boost mineral absorption, with the added advantages of bioavailability, absorption, utilisation, retention, and excretion. Some minerals are difficult for the…

Food fortification, or nutrification, is a crucial intervention to decrease malnutrition. Iron deficiency anaemia is reported as the most prevalent nutritional deficiency and is widespread in the developing countries of Africa, Asia, and South America. In preschool children iron…