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BRIN Creates Biscuits to Prevent Anemia for Pregnant Women

JAKARTA – The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) creates nutritious biscuits for pregnant women. The biscuits were developed to help fulfill the nutritional intake needed by pregnant women to prevent anemia and stunting.

“Nutritious biscuit products have been developed for pregnant women which also contain soy hydrolyzate, but Moringa flour is added for micronutrients,” said the main engineer of the BRIN Center for Food Technology and Process Research, Noer Laily in the “Talk to Scientists Research and Innovation Webinar”. for Food and Energy Sovereignty”, quoted from Antara, Wednesday (10/8).

Soy hydrolyzate is an ingredient that can be formulated into various products to increase nutrient absorption and prevent malnutrition, prevent anemia and stunting.

Mothers who suffer from anemia and have a low body mass index, can cause obstacles to the baby’s growth and development, including intelligence, and potentially give birth to a baby with dwarfism.

Because it is made using Moringa flour, the biscuits are rich in micronutrients sourced from Moringa leaves, namely vitamins and minerals. Moringa (Moringa oleifera) also has a high carbohydrate content and has antioxidant activity.

Moringa is also known as one of the plants that has the potential as an immunostimulant, which is a compound that can modulate the immune system so that it can increase endurance.

Moringa leaves contain macronutrients and micronutrients such as protein, vitamins A, C, E, B6, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, and folate and are rich in minerals such as calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), sodium (Na), potassium (K). , iron (Fe), magnesium (Mg), and zinc (Zn).

The production of these nutritious biscuits is already on an industrial scale, and currently being tested for efficacy on pregnant women for anemia or chronic lack of energy. The production scale has been successfully carried out for 300 kilograms/batch.

The nutritional composition of the product was developed with reference to the provision of additional food (PMT) for pregnant women, in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number 51 of 2016.

The Ministry of Health said that about five out of 10 pregnant women in Indonesia who experience anemia or lack of blood have the potential to give birth to children with stunting.

Stunting is the condition of a child who does not get good nutrition or chronic malnutrition problems in the early stages of growth, so that stunted children have a body shorter than normal height for their age. Therefore, pregnant women are highly recommended to consume nutritious food intake and supplementation to meet nutritional adequacy.

The government is very concerned about preventing and overcoming the problem of stunting in order to create quality and healthy future generations of Indonesia, so that they can contribute maximally to the development and progress of the nation.

Therefore, the results of research and innovation in the form of nutritious biscuits for pregnant women are an effort to support government programs in reducing stunting rates.

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