Korea is one of the typical rice eating countries where availability of animal protein is limited even for the growing generation. Nutritive food products for infants and children are not available commercially in large scale at the present time, although a limited amount of expensive milk products are produced.
The present study deals with a pioneering attempt on a new food mixture to meet this demand. Several food mixtures, possibly produced in the country, consisting of rice, soybean, FPC, vitamin, minerals and other food additives are developed in this work Sixty female and male rats aged 30^-40 days were divided into five groups, twelve rats each. The rats had been maintained with the six different diets, as follow.
Composition Formulation of proposed infant food mixtures F-P-4 S
F-R-1 F-S-2 F-F-3
Rice 100% 40% 37% 4010 70%
Sugar 12 13 10 70
Casein 20
Bean 40 37 24
Yeast 3 2 3
Mineral Vitamin 2 4 2 4.3
F. P. C. 3 4 7
Fat 4 8 4
Cod liver Oil 3
The findings of this study presented in FER, PER, final organ weights, body weights growth, percentage of nitrogen retention in the body.
F-P-4 group tended to remain the heaviest and F-R-1 the lightest in the body weight among
three groups throughout the experimental period.
In terms of FER (Feed Efficiency Ratio) and PER (Protein E.R-) value, F-P-4 group kept-the highest record throughout.
F-P-4 group showed the highest value of nitrogen retention in the body.
In comparision between F-P-4 groups and casein 20% group (standard) in all respects of this experiment, F-P-4 group which is the most superior among experimental group, revealed statistically no significant inferior than that of standard group.
This fact could be interpreted that most limiting a. a., methionine in the soy protein produced little inferiority of the experimental groups in the study.
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