Government through the Ministry of Health will today launch a program of cooking oil fortified with vitamin A to reduce the number of people, especially children, that subclinical vitamin A deficiency.
Discussions about cooking oil fortified with vitamin A takes place in Jakarta on Monday (24 / 1), and held by the Indonesian Fortification Coalition (KFI) chaired by Prof. Dr. Soekirman, to commemorate the Day of National Nutrition. Read also Source of Vitamin C Not Just Orange.
Currently in Indonesia, half of children under five, or more than 9 million children, and more than 1 million women of childbearing age have vitamin A deficiency (VAD) subclinical asymptomatic-not physically. However, VAD causes susceptible to infection, such as cough, runny nose, diarrhea, and measles, thus positively correlated with infant mortality.
According to Dr Drajat Martianto from the Department of Community Nutrition IPB and KFI, a number of studies show, despite the declining prevalence, VAD is likely to increase if the economic crisis. This is because the natural source of vitamin A, such as milk, beef, fish and fish oil, the price is expensive. The resource consumption of provitamin A, such as vegetables and fruit, low. "The purpose of this fortification is not encouraging the consumption of lots of vitamin A, but lower vitamin A deficiency," said Drajat.
Options on cooking oil as a carrier of vitamin A through a long journey. Soekirman says, food relate to the culture and tastes. Cooking oil that contains provitamin A red so he never tried to socialize in the 1960s, but did not succeed because it makes food color red. Several years ago, a private company failed to sell cooking oil with provitamin A tall palm. In addition to red food color, taste bitter foods as well. Fortification will not make excessive buildup in the body because the dose was carefully calculated.
According Drajat, vitamin A is stable so that the heat resistant to 160 degrees Celsius, such as when frying and frying up to three times still leaves 60 percent of vitamin A. The disadvantage, could not stand the sun ultraviolet rays so that the storage should be good. In addition, vitamin A is imported. However, with 3.5 million tonnes of cooking oil in domestic consumption and needs 1 kg of vitamin A per 16 tons of cooking oil, is expected to vitamin A in the domestic industry will grow.
Another weak point, 70 percent in the form of bulk cooking oil, produced many of the industry so that its supervision is relatively difficult. ISO is expected to come into force next year and the POM will oversee the quality of vitamin A are used.
Discussions about cooking oil fortified with vitamin A takes place in Jakarta on Monday (24 / 1), and held by the Indonesian Fortification Coalition (KFI) chaired by Prof. Dr. Soekirman, to commemorate the Day of National Nutrition. Read also Source of Vitamin C Not Just Orange.
Currently in Indonesia, half of children under five, or more than 9 million children, and more than 1 million women of childbearing age have vitamin A deficiency (VAD) subclinical asymptomatic-not physically. However, VAD causes susceptible to infection, such as cough, runny nose, diarrhea, and measles, thus positively correlated with infant mortality.
According to Dr Drajat Martianto from the Department of Community Nutrition IPB and KFI, a number of studies show, despite the declining prevalence, VAD is likely to increase if the economic crisis. This is because the natural source of vitamin A, such as milk, beef, fish and fish oil, the price is expensive. The resource consumption of provitamin A, such as vegetables and fruit, low. "The purpose of this fortification is not encouraging the consumption of lots of vitamin A, but lower vitamin A deficiency," said Drajat.
Options on cooking oil as a carrier of vitamin A through a long journey. Soekirman says, food relate to the culture and tastes. Cooking oil that contains provitamin A red so he never tried to socialize in the 1960s, but did not succeed because it makes food color red. Several years ago, a private company failed to sell cooking oil with provitamin A tall palm. In addition to red food color, taste bitter foods as well. Fortification will not make excessive buildup in the body because the dose was carefully calculated.
According Drajat, vitamin A is stable so that the heat resistant to 160 degrees Celsius, such as when frying and frying up to three times still leaves 60 percent of vitamin A. The disadvantage, could not stand the sun ultraviolet rays so that the storage should be good. In addition, vitamin A is imported. However, with 3.5 million tonnes of cooking oil in domestic consumption and needs 1 kg of vitamin A per 16 tons of cooking oil, is expected to vitamin A in the domestic industry will grow.
Another weak point, 70 percent in the form of bulk cooking oil, produced many of the industry so that its supervision is relatively difficult. ISO is expected to come into force next year and the POM will oversee the quality of vitamin A are used.
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