title: Acceptability, tolerance, and nutritional value of a rice-based infant formula.
abstract: An infant formula based on high protein rice flour, with added lysine and threonine, was evaluated in recovering malnourished infants. Acceptability, tolerance, and the digestibility of most major nutrients (energy 93.9 +/- 0.7%, fat 96.9 +/- 0.3%, carbohydrate 96.8 +/- 0.6% of intake) were excellent. Digestibility of protein, as with all rice products, was moderately low (80.1 +/- 3.3%), but its high biological value made N retention equal to that from casein. Plasma-free amino acids were consistent with the low essential/total amino acids ratio found in cereals, with slower absorption, and with the possibility that leucine was the first-limiting amino acid. Absorptions of Ca, Mg, PO4, and Zn were considered satisfactory. Energy costs of weight gain and the estimated percentage N in the weight gained during 14 days were comparable to those attained with the highest quality cow's milk-derived formulas in children of similar ages and nutritional status.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gastañaduy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cordano
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000178:diet therapy; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005433:Flour / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008239:Lysine / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D009753:Nutritive Value; D012275:Oryza / Q000032:analysis*; D013912:Threonine / Q000032:analysis; D015430:Weight Gain
chemical_list: D004044:Dietary Proteins; D013912:Threonine; D008239:Lysine; D009584:Nitrogen