Abstract
Complementary feeding is a transition of the baby's intake over 6 months to meet the nutritional needs in addition to breast milk. Complementary feeding should contain complete nutritional components especially in minerals. Minerals are elements needed by the body for the overall body function. Children require calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), and zinc (Zn) for their body growth to prevent stunting. This study was aimed to analyse Ca, Fe and Zn content in the formulated fish protein hydrolysate (FPH) complementary feeding porridge. A total of three formulations were produced namely F1, F2 and F3 and analysed for mineral content following AOAC method 999.11. From the analysis, F3 had the highest Fe content (38.547 mg/100 g) and Zn content (5.751 mg/100 g) while F1 had the highest Ca content (65.152 mg/100 g). Overall, F3 had the best mineral content to be formulated as a suitable FPH complementary feeding instant powder.
Highlights
The issue of nutrition is a major problem in Indonesia, which is included as one of the items in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (UNICEF, 2009)
Making complementary feeding instant powder is very concerned about the completeness of nutrients that have been determined in the standard complementary feeding instant powder according to SNI-01-7111.1-2005. complementary feeding instant powder is generally made from a mixture of rice flour, skim milk, refined sugar, and vegetable oil
Calcium is a type of mineral that is very important for the growth and maintenance of teeth and bones
Summary
The issue of nutrition is a major problem in Indonesia, which is included as one of the items in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (UNICEF, 2009). The government through the Director-General of Community Health Development Ministry of Health seeks to overcome these problems, which can be done through the Food and Nutrition Alert System, Provision of Supplementary Food and Complementary Foods (Saputro and Hida, 2012). One form of complementary feeding is an instant powder that is well known to the public and is widely circulating in the market. This complementary feeding instant powder is very practical compared to complementary feeding homemade. Terms of the complementary feeding instant powder nutrient content must include sufficient minerals (Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia, 2002)
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