Supplementary value of high protein foods based on groundnut protein isolate to a poor rice diet.

The diets consumed by a vast majority of
the people belonging to the low income groups
of the population in India consist predominantly
of cereals and millets and contain only
small quantities of pulses, vegetables, milk and
other animal products1. Such diets, in general,
have been found to be deficient in proteins of
high biological value and certain vitamins and
minerals and do not promote optimum growth
in children2"4. Considerable amount of work
has been done by several workers in India and
other countries on the development of supplementary
foods based on locally available
protein-rich foods of vegetable origin, suitable
for supplementing the diets of the vulnerable
sections of the population.5-8 In the earlier
papers of this series, the results of studies on
the preparation and nutritive value of a high
protein food based on groundnut protein
isolate have been reported9,10. The present
paper describes the results of studies on the
supplementary value of high protein food to
a poor Indian rice diet.