The FFQ consisted of 50 items belonging to 9 food groups – i Tea/milk, ii) Cereal preparations, iii) Pulse preparations, iv) Cereal and pulse combinations, v) Vegetables, vi) Fruits, vii) Biscuits, viii) Non vegetarian items and ix) Other foods such as sago, sugar, ice-cream, commercial weaning foods.
Of these, 19 foods were different cereals preparations comprising rice, wheat or millets,; 16 were legume preparations; seven different bakery products; five leafy vegetables; 14 other vegetables; 13 fried foods; six fruits; and six milk and milk products.
Two hundred ninety three (38.7%) of the interviewed caregivers had started giving complementary foods or drinks other than breast milk (mostly water, gruel and other semisolid cereal-based preparations) to their infants before they reached 6 months of age.
The effect of the ingredients on the properties of the dry mix and of the cereal cream after preparation, were evaluated using a Simplex design.
Maize flour preparation: All the three cereal flour samples were prepared using a method by Addo et al. 2015.
Try to preserve the nutritional value of foods/dishes prepared from cereals and in the course of preparation do not add any fat or salt or use them in very small quantities.
The centre has since stopped serving food that requires preparation and gives children cereal or biscuits instead.
The town goes nuts, grabbing up all the milk and cereal in the grocery store in preparation.
Tarhana is a fermented cereal product that is used for the preparation of one of the favourite soups in Turkish cuisine.
Control and supplemented diets were prepared by mixing the standard maintenance diet or one of the cereal fractions with water, forming a biscuit-shape preparation.
