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Plumpy'nut
Peanut-derived food used to treat child malnutrition, particularly during famines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Plumpy'Nut is a peanut-based paste in a plastic wrapper for treatment of severe acute malnutrition manufactured by Nutriset, a French company.[4][5] Feeding with the 92-gram (3+1⁄4 oz) packets of this paste reduces the need for hospitalization. It can be administered at home, allowing more people to be treated.[4]
Quick Facts Nutritional value per 92 g, Energy ...
![]() Plumpy'Nut, a ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) | |
Nutritional value per 92 g[1] | |
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Energy | 2,100 kJ (500 kcal) |
45 g | |
30.3 g | |
12.8 g | |
Other constituents | Quantity |
Ingredients | peanut paste, vegetable oil, powdered milk, powdered sugar, vitamins, minerals |
†Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[2] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[3] Source: Nutriset, France |
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Plumpy'Nut may be referred to in scientific literature as a Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) alongside other RUTFs such as BP100.[6]
Nutriset has been criticized by Médecins Sans Frontières for enforcing its Plumpy'nut patents.[7] However, as of 2018[update] Plumpy'nut patents have expired in the US, UK and the European Union.