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Development, Evaluation and Industrial Production of a Powdered Soy‐Oats Infant Formula Using a Low‐Cost Extruder
Author(s) -
VALLE F. R.,
VILLANUEVA H.,
REYESGOVEA J.,
ESCOBEDO M.,
BOURGES H.,
PONCE J.,
MUNOZ M. J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1981.tb14562.x
Subject(s) - infant formula , food science , soy milk , mathematics , calorie , milk substitute , methionine , plastics extrusion , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , medicine , amino acid , biochemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , endocrinology
A low cost powdered infant formula made from soybeans, oats and sucrose, fortified with methionine, vitamins and minerals, has been developed. A dry process for making the formula, which employs a low‐cost Brady extruder, has also been developed. The resulting product is of good microbiological quality and disperses readily in water to give a milk‐like suspension of satisfactory stability to settling. The essential amino acid pattern of the formula, its PER and NPU values, nitrogen balance data with infants, proximal chemical analysis, calorie distribution and low level of trypsin inhibitor indicate it to be adequate for feeding infants 3 months or older. Clinical trials with infants also showed that the formula was well accepted and tolerated, and produced adequate weight gain. Retail prices of the product, packed in cans and polyethylene bags, are appreciably lower than those of comparable cow's milk and other soya‐based infant formulas available in the market. The product is currently being manufactured and sold in several parts of Mexico.