Addressing Child Nutritional Deficiency Through Development of a Nutritious Food Based on Dried Vegetable or Fruit

很大一部分澳大利亚儿童缺乏营养，这极大地影响了智力和身体的发育。为了改善健康，微量营养素必须是一种可口的形式，并被充分吸收，以改善营养状况。为了优化加工过程中的稳定性、感官质量和代谢吸收，必须使用适当的微量营养素食品强化技术。该项目建议在三个不同的大学院系和工业界之间建立独特的联系，将新型强化干蔬菜和/或水果皮革的开发与有效的生产过程、评估其吸收的营养研究和目标市场（幼儿）接受性研究结合起来。

A significant proportion of Australian children are deficient in nutrients that dramatically affect mental and physical development. To improve health and wellness, micronutrients must be in a palatable form and be sufficiently absorbed to improve nutritional status. To optimise stability during processing, sensory quality and metabolic absorption, appropriate micronutrient food fortification technology must be used. This project proposes a unique linkage between three distinct University faculties and Industry, to combine the development of novel fortified dried-vegetable and/or fruit leathers with an efficient process for their production, nutritional studies to assess their absorption, and target market (young children) acceptance studies.