COMPLIMENTARY FOOD PROCESSING FACILITY

The project Complementary Food Production was initiated by the Department of Science and Technology with the following objectives:

• To introduce affordable and nutritious complementary foods (instant baby food and snack food) using rice blended with mongo and/or sesame by providing the appropriate technologies;
• To facilitate the technology adoption and commercialization of three (3) FNRI-developed complementary food technologies, namely rice-mongo curls, rice-mongo instant baby food blend, and rice-mongo-sesame baby food blend, especially in areas where technology is not widely available; and
• To strengthen the partnership between DOST, LGUs, the private sector, and other institutions in the implementation of the project in five (5) regions.

The Complementary Food Products are the following:

1. Rice-mongo curls
2. Rice-mongo instant baby food blend
3. Rice-mongo sesame baby food blend
4. Nutribun carrot variant
5. Nutribun squash variant