Processed Complementary Foods in the World Food Programme

Compliance Audit of Processed Complementary Foods in Urban Ghana

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Although processed complementary foods (PCFs) can contribute to meeting dietary needs of infants and young children, it has been associated with unethical marketing practices, which undermine practice of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months. The current study assessed PCF labeling compliance to the International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes (CMBMS) and ...

Introduction of complementary foods and the relationship to food allergy.

OBJECTIVES To address questions regarding breastfeeding, complementary feeding, allergy development, and current infant-feeding recommendations. METHODS This was a nested, case-control within a cohort study in which mothers of 41 infants diagnosed with food allergy by the age of 2 years (according to double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge) and their 82 age-matched controls kept prosp...

Complementary foods and the development of food allergy.

Stability of food allergens and allergenicity of processed foods.

The allergenicity of food could be altered by several processing procedures. For various foods of animal and plant origin the available literature on this alteration is described. Investigations on hidden allergens in food products are also dealt with.

Inclusion of Fermented Foods in Food Guides around the World

Fermented foods have been a well-established part of the human diet for thousands of years, without much of an appreciation for, or an understanding of, their underlying microbial functionality, until recently. The use of many organisms derived from these foods, and their applications in probiotics, have further illustrated their impact on gastrointestinal wellbeing and diseases affecting other...