Utilization of Rice Flour, Awak Banana, Red Beans, Herbal Chicken Liver and Feet to Enrich Micronutrients Content of Complementary Food

Abstract

The prevalence of stunting in a toddler is still quite high. The dominant cause is related to the low acquisition of complementary foods (CF) during the second year, especially in the fulfillment of micronutrients. Therefore, the study of the use of potential food is needed to enrich the nutrient content, especially micronutrients in CF formulations, to overcome the problem of stunting in the first thousand days of children life. This paper discusses the use of rice flour (R), awak banana (Bn), red beans (B), herbal chicken livers (L) and feet (F) in CF formulation. Formulation of CF was carried out through experimental studies using a complete randomized design with three formulas, namely RBnBLF, RBnBF, and RBnBL. The nutrient content was carried out by sending samples to Laboratory in Jogjakarta. The results showed that the third formula CF has a protein content and fat almost the same i.e. respectively 14% and 11%, carbohydrate content 56.1-61.18% and energy 380.56-397.96%, vitamin A as much as 319.99-439.85µg, vitamin C 39.11-54,51mg, calcium 0.51-1.26%, phosphorus 0.37-0.59%, iron 19.69-24,07mg, and Zinc 5.4- 6.0mg. It was concluded that the use of several potential foods can enrich the micronutrient content of CF