The potential contribution of bread buns fortified with β-carotene-rich sweet potato in Central Mozambique

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 98-107

  Low, Jan W ^a,b   van Jaarsveld, Paul J ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bread; Orange fleshed sweet potato; Vitamin A content; carotene

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POTATO; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

IPOMOEA BATATAS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 48449098570     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650802900203     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. FAOSTAT. 2007. Production and area harvested statistics for sweetpotato. http://faostat.fao.org/site/408/default.aspx. Accessed 30 March 2008.
2. Woolfe J. Sweet potato: An untapped resource. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
3. Low J, Walker T, Hijmans R. The potential impact of orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes on vitamin A intake in sub-Saharan Africa. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center, 2001. Available at: http://www.cipotato.org/ vitaa/Publications/Paper_vitaa.pdf. Accessed 16 March 2008.
4. Kapinga R, Anderson A, Crissman C, Zhang D, Lemaga B, Opio F. Vitamin A partnership for Africa: A food based approach to combat vitamin A deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa through increased utilization of orange-fleshed sweetpotato. Chron Horticult 2005;45:12-4.
5. van Jaarsveld PJ, Marais DW, Harmse E, Nestel P, Rodriguez-Amaya DB. Retention of β-carotene in boiled, mashed orange-fleshed sweetpotato. J Food Comp Anal 2006;19:321-9.
6. Faber M, Van Jaarsveld PJ. Review. The production of provitamin A-rich vegetables in home-gardens as a means of addressing vitamin A deficiency in rural African communities. J Sci Food Agric 2007;87:366-77.
7. van Jaarsveld PJ, Faber M, Tanumihardjo SA, Nestel P, Lombard CJ, Benadé AJS. β-Carotene-rich orange-fleshed sweet potato improves the vitamin A status of primary school children assessed with the modified-relative-dose-response test. Am J Clin Nutr 2005;81:1080-7.
8. Jalal F, Nesheim MC, Agus Z, Sanjur D, Habicht JP. Serum retinol concentrations in children are affected by food sources of beta-carotene, fat intake, and anthelmintic drug treatment. Am J Clin Nutr 1998; 68:623-9.
9. Low JW, Arimond M, Osman N, Cunguara B, Zano F, Tschirley D. Ensuring supply and creating demand for a biofortified crop with a visible trait: Lessons learned from the introduction of orange-fleshed sweet potato in drought-prone areas of Mozambique. Food Nutr Bull 2007;28:S258-70.
10. Aguayo VM, Kahn S, Ismael C, Meershoek S. Vitamin A deficiency and child mortality in Mozambique. Public Health Nutr 2005;8:29-31.
11. Low JW, Arimond M, Osman N, Cunguara B, Zano F, Tschirley D. A food-based approach introducing orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increased vitamin A intake and serum retinol concentrations among young children in rural Mozambique. J Nutr 2007;137:1320-7.
12. Rodriguez-Amaya DB. Carotenoids and food preparation: The retention of provitamin A carotenoids in prepared, processed and stored foods. Washington, DC: John Snow/OMNI Project/US Agency for International Development, 1997.
13. Rodriguez-Amaya DB, Kimura M. HarvestPlus handbook for carotenoid analysis. HarvestPlus Technical Monograph 2. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004.
14. Castenmiller JJM, West CE. Bioavailability and bioconversion of carotenoids. Annu Rev Nutr 1998;18:19-38.
15. US Food and Drug Administration. Guide to Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) requirements, 1994. Available at: http:// www.fda.gov/ora/inspect_ref/igs/nleatxt.html. Accessed 16 March 2008.
16. Institute of Medicine. Dietary reference intakes: Vitamin A, vitamin K, arsenic, boron, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silicon, vanadium, and zinc. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001.
17. Low JW, Arimond M, Osman N, Osei AK, Zano F, Cunguara B, Selemane ML, Abdullah D, Tschirley D. Towards sustainable nutrition improvement in rural Mozambique: Addressing macro- and micronutrient malnutrition through new cultivars and new behaviors: Key findings. East Lansing, Mich, USA: Michigan State University Department of Agricultural Economics, 2005. Available at: http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/tsni/ TSNI_FINDINGS1_TEXT_DONOR_REPORT.pdf. Accessed 30 March 2008.
18. FAOSTAT. 2007. Trade import statistics for wheat. http://faostat.fao.org/ site/412/default.aspx. Accessed 30 March 2008.
19. Hagenimana V, Carey EE, Gichuki ST, Oyunga MA, Imungi JK. Carotenoid contents in fresh, dried and processed sweetpotato products. Ecol Food Nutr 1999; 37:455-73.