Suitability and Potential Nutrient Contribution of Underutilized Foods in Community-Based Infant Foods in Northern Ghana

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierClement Kubuga: 0000-0002-7856-4952en
cg.creator.identifierJan Low: 0000-0001-8170-6045en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/nu15112593en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2072-6643en
cg.issue11en
cg.journalNutrientsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.cipFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.cipFOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.cipNUTRITIONen
cg.volume15en
dc.contributor.authorKubuga, C.K.en
dc.contributor.authorBantiu, C.en
dc.contributor.authorLow, Jan W.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-12T21:46:08Zen
dc.date.available2023-07-12T21:46:08Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/131130
dc.titleSuitability and Potential Nutrient Contribution of Underutilized Foods in Community-Based Infant Foods in Northern Ghanaen
dcterms.abstractIn rural Ghana, infant feeding is largely home-based or community-based yet less is known about the kinds of community-based infant foods and the ability of families to create a range of recipes for baby feeding using context-specific ingredients particularly in northern Ghana which has a high prevalence of malnutrition. In this explorative study on mothers (15–49 years; n = 46), we investigated community-based infant foods’ food group composition, enrichment, nutrient contribution, and acceptability. The identified community-based infant foods were mainly made of either corn or millet porridges in northern Ghana and had three nutrients with % RNI ≥ 70. We developed 38 recipes of enriched community-based infant foods adding underutilized foods (orange-fleshed sweet potato, pawpaw, cowpea, moringa, groundnut, Bambara beans, and soya beans) to increase the number of nutrients from three to at least five and at most nine nutrients with % RNI ≥ 70 based on the recipe combinations. The enriched community-based infant food recipes provided adequate caloric amounts and modest improvements in micronutrient content for infants (6–12 months). All recipes tested were deemed appropriate and acceptable for infants by mothers. Moringa and pawpaw emerged as the lowest-cost ingredients to add among the underutilized foods. Future research is necessary to assess the effectiveness of the new recipes at promoting linear growth and improving micronutrient status during the complementary feeding period.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
dcterms.audienceFarmersen
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen
dcterms.audienceNGOsen
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2023-06-01en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKubuga, C. K., Bantiu, C., Low, J. W. 2023. Suitability and Potential Nutrient Contribution of Underutilized Foods in Community-Based Infant Foods in Northern Ghana. Nutrients. ISSN 2072-6643. 15(11), 2593. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15112593en
dcterms.extent16 p.en
dcterms.issued2023-06-01en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherMDPIen
dcterms.subjectinfant foodsen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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