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OBJECTIVES<br />

This study was undertaken to produce a chocolate-peanut spread for Philippine consumers that<br />

contains at least 1/3 <strong>of</strong> the Philippine RENI for vitamin A per serving, hence, improving the nutritional<br />

quality <strong>of</strong> the product. Specifically, the objectives were to (1) determine the best fortificant to use in the<br />

fortification <strong>of</strong> a chocolate-peanut spread and; (2) determine the level <strong>of</strong> fortificant that will deliver the<br />

target level <strong>of</strong> at least 1/3 <strong>of</strong> Philippine RENI for vitamin A per serving <strong>of</strong> chocolate-peanut spread.<br />

Establishment <strong>of</strong> Collaboration<br />

METHODS<br />

<strong>The</strong> company who adopted the technology for producing chocolate-peanut spread (Monograph<br />

Series No. 6) was approached for possible collaboration in the study on the fortification <strong>of</strong> chocolatepeanut<br />

spread with vitamin A. An agreement for the collaboration was drafted, discussed and signed by<br />

the representative from the collaborating company, Dr. Alicia Lustre as P-CRSP Principal Investigator<br />

and Dr. Flor Crisanta F. Galvez as P-CRSP Co-Principal Investigator, after discussion with the top<br />

management and owner. <strong>The</strong> agreement included the details <strong>of</strong> the cost-sharing scheme adopted, use <strong>of</strong><br />

the collaborator’s facilities for scale-up, as well as the specified agreement on the confidentiality period.<br />

Experimental Design<br />

Two factors: type <strong>of</strong> fortificant and level <strong>of</strong> fortification, were studied. <strong>The</strong> factors were studied<br />

in a 3x3 full factorial experiment. <strong>The</strong> experiment was replicated thrice. <strong>The</strong> experimental design used in<br />

the study is shown in Table 4.1.<br />

Test Materials<br />

Three fortificants that included: (1) an oily preparation <strong>of</strong> vitamin A palmitate, 1.7 m IU/g (F.<br />

H<strong>of</strong>fman-La Roche, Ltd., Basel, Switzerland); (2) microencapsulated or dry vitamin A palmitate beadlets,<br />

250,000 IU/g, Type 250 CWS/F (Wright Nutrition, Inc., Crowley, Louisiana, U.S.A.); and (3) powdered<br />

beta-carotene 10% CWS (F. H<strong>of</strong>fman-La Roche, Ltd., Basel, Switzerland) were used. <strong>The</strong> fortificants<br />

were incorporated in the chocolate-peanut spread preparations at three levels: 1/3, 2/3 and 100% <strong>of</strong> the<br />

525 µg RE Recommended Daily Allowance or RENI for Filipino male adult. Fortification procedure<br />

established by Galvez et al. (2002b) was adapted for the chocolate-peanut spread.<br />

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