Formulated Therapeutic Food Fortified of Vegetable for Nutritional Recuperation of Undernourished Infants in Benin

The aim of work is to evaluate the nutritional characteristics of developed therapeutic foods based on Groundnut-maize and Pistache-maize. Indeed, nutritional characteristics of formulated therapeutic foods were determined and compared at that of plumpynut a usual therapeutic food. Protein content of two therapeutic foods T1 Groundnut-maize cookie, T2 Pistache-maize cookie and plumpynut are respectively 16.18%, 16.12% and 16.35%. Energy value are respectively 556.05, 584.33 and 555.70 Kcal. Iron content was respectively 12.05, 11.58 and 16.25 mg. T2 cookie presents a higher energy value and could be used in recuperation of infants, who suffer of several wasting with bilateral oedema. T1 cookie presents a higher (38.30 mg/100g) calcium content and could be used in optimal growth of undernourished infants. The nutritional characteristics of therapeutic foods were same and their mineral content was around of that of plumpynut a usual therapeutic food. In regarding, their nutritional potential, a formulated therapeutic cookies could be used for cover the shortage in repartition of plumpynut and recuperation of undernourished infants.