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[Intermediate moisture food for elder people based on a legume: soybeans, mixture with calcium]
V C Del Castillo1, M Armada de Roman, J C s Gotiffredi
1INIQUI (Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Química), Universidad Nacional de Salta, Buenos Aires, Salta, Argentina.
Archivos Latinoamericanos De Nutricion
|May 12, 2001
Abstract:
An intermediate moisture food (IMF), has been developed in our laboratory for elder people, over 60 years. The IMF is based on a cereal: legume mixture with calcium and flavour, it supplies proteins, carbohydrates and vegetable oils; as well as, high energetic density (3.22 cal/g) and covers up to 51% of calcium needed. It can be easily consumed as a tasty and soft food. It has a water activity of 0.80, for it can be stored at room conditions. It is very likely that IMF becomes a good alternative to improve and vary elder peoples diet.