Ready to use Therapeutic Food Market to Grow with the Increasing Prevalence of Severe Acute Malnutrition

 

Ready to use Therapeutic Food Market

Ready to use therapeutic food (RUTF) is nutrient-enriched food used to treat malnutrition in children. It is an energy-dense, vitamin- and mineral-enriched food that requires no preparation and is used to treat severe acute malnutrition (SAM). According to the National Family Health Survey 3 (NFHS-3), in India, the prevalence of SAM is 6.4% in children <5 years and is home to 8 million children with SAM (31.2% of the world's severely wasted children). Thus, there is an increasing demand for ready to use therapeutic food across the world, especially in India, driving the growth of the ready to use therapeutic food market.

Ready to use therapeutic food products are prepared in factories, using approved standards and guidelines. They are high in vitamins and minerals and are excellent sources for energy and protein. The manufacturing of such foods is the ideal alternative for people who do not have time to prepare nutritious meals at home. The demand for ready to use therapeutic food has increased due to the growing cases of malnutrition around the globe. For example, in February 2020, Ariel Foods FZE announced the launch of its RUTF factory in Lagos to produce ready-to-use therapeutic foods, an UN-recommended product used to tackle malnutrition. This in turn is also expected to augment the growth of the ready to use therapeutic food market.

Research has shown that vitamins and minerals found in milk play an important role in helping severely malnourished children gain adequate weight. Skimmed milk is an example of ready to use therapeutic food. Skimmed milk is frequently fed to infants to ensure adequate intake of these essential nutrients. Every year, a large number of children die due to severe malnutrition because these foods do not meet the needs of children. For this reason, health organizations recommend the incorporation of ready to use therapeutic food products to avert child mortality. This in turn is also expected to drive the ready to use therapeutic food market growth.

Moreover, there is an increasing demand for drinkable ready to use therapeutic food products, such as therapeutic milk, as it is difficult to feed infants food paste to treat malnutrition. Thus, drinkable products are gaining huge traction across the globe, augmenting the market growth. However, ready to use therapeutic food products are too expensive and their provision highly depends on short-term external funding for emergency programs or humanitarian. This in turn is expected to restrain the growth of the ready to use therapeutic food market.


Location: India

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