家用食物铁强化剂Spr inkles的应用(英文)

APPL ICATION OF THE SPRINKLES-A HOME FOOD IRON FORTIFICANT

铁缺乏与缺铁贫血(IDA)仍是世界上盛行的营养问题。在婴幼儿中,IDA对生长发育能产生不良反应。Sprinkles含有延胡索酸铁及其他微量营养素,涂以大豆脂类。Sprinkles包装成小袋,可加入即食的家庭制备的辅食中,每日一次。在中国5个城市中对6～12个月龄婴儿和2～5岁幼儿进行连续4w供给Sprinkles以了解他们的接受程度,实验期间进行4次随访。结果表明,婴幼儿对添加Sprinkles的食物能很好的接受,母亲们很愿意购买上市产品。

Iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) remain prevalent nutritional problems in many parts of the world. Among infants and young children, IDA has adverse effects on growth and development. Mental deficits exhibited in infancy can be long lasting. Efforts are being made to combat these problems. However, in the past decade little success was made. Currently there is interest in developing home fortificants that are versatile, inexpensive, efficacious and effective. One of these is the Sprinkles, which contain iron fumarate coated with a soy lipid and other micronutrients. The Sprinkles is packaged in small sachets and intended to be added to ready-to-eat home-prepared complementary foods once a day. An acceptance test was conducted in 5 cities in China. The Sprinkles was provided for the acceptance by infants aged 6-24 months and children of 2-5 years in 4 successive weeks. Their mothers were interviewed 4 times during the period of the study. The results showed that both the mothers, the infants and young children accepted the foods with added Sprinkles well.