Nutritional Quality of Three Iron-Rich Porridges Blended with Moringa oleifera, Hibiscus sabdariffa, and Solanum aethiopicum to Combat Iron Deficiency Anemia among Children

Table 2

Results of LP optimization and sensitivity analysis of the three formulated flours.

Ingredients	Final value (g)	Reduced cost	Objective coefficient	Allowance increase (g)	Allowance decrease (g)	Lower limit	Upper limit
Moringa leaf-based flour
Yellow maize flour	30.173	0	100	0.504	10^30	30.173	30.173
Dry whole milk	31.000	377.74	500	10^30	377.765	31.000	31.000
Brown sugar	10.000	0.49	100	10^30	0.498	10.000	10.000
Soya bean oil	20.568	0	200	26.68	106.195	20.568	20.568
Moringa powder	8.258	0	500	10^30	84.253	8.258	8.258
Total cost	277.60 F cfa
Eggplant leaf-based flour
Yellow maize flour	25.000	0.24	100	10^30	0.239	25.000	25.000
Dry whole milk	40.000	377.26	500	10^30	377.262	40.000	40.000
Brown sugar	9.506	0	100	0.23	10^30	9.506	9.506
Soya bean oil	17.596	0	200	1639.56	12.261	17.596	17.596
Eggplant powder	7.898	0	400	41.92	306.496	7.898	7.898
Total cost	301.29 F cfa
Folere leaf-based flour
Yellow maize flour	32.530	0	100	72.95	10^30	32.530	32.530
Dry whole milk	23.974	0	500	108.20	377.93	23.974	23.974
Brown sugar	7.000	121.41	100	10^30	121.41	7.000	7.000
Soya bean oil	24.674	0	200	1288.84	144.13	24.674	24.674
Folere powder	11.822	0	350	10^30	62.45	11.822	11.822
Total cost	250.13 F cfa