Ready-to-use supplementary food increases fat mass and BMI in Haitian school-aged children.

Background: In Haiti and other countries, large-scale investments in school feeding programs have been made with marginal evidence of nutrition outcomes.

Objective: We aimed to examine the effectiveness of a fortified ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF), Mamba, on reduced anemia and improved body composition in school-aged children compared to an unfortified cereal bar, Tablet Yo, and control groups.

Methods: A cluster, randomized trial with children ages 3-13 y (n = 1167) was conducted in the north of Haiti.

Amino acid quantification in bulk soybeans by transmission Raman spectroscopy.

Soybeans are a commodity crop of significant economic and nutritional interest. As an important source of protein, buyers of soybeans are interested in not only the total protein content but also in the specific amino acids that comprise the total protein content. Raman spectroscopy has the chemical specificity to measure the twenty common amino acids as pure substances.