Therapeutic Food Development from Maize Grains, Pulses, and Cooking Banana Fruits for the Prevention of Severe Acute Malnutrition

Table 2

Proximate composition of ready-to-use therapeutic foods.

Formulation	Major nutrients and moisture
	Protein (%)	Energy (kcal/100 g)	Carbohydrate (%)	Fat (%)	Moisture (%)
RUTF1	19.34	642.4	13.4	24.12	13.4
RUTF2	16.6	532.3	19.0	35.54	9.6
RUTF3	13.9	513.2	15.75	29.6	6.7
SRUTF	13.6	545	-	35.7	-

RUTF1, ready-to-use therapeutic food1; RUTF2, ready-to-use therapeutic food2; RUTF3, ready-to-use therapeutic 3; SRUTF, standard ready -to–use- therapeutic food.