Plumpy'nut

Plumpy'Nut is a peanut-based paste wrapped in plastic, which is used to treat severe acute malnutrition. It's manufactured by Nutriset, a French company.^[1]^[2] The paste removes the need for hospitalization, and the 92-gram (3¼ oz) packets of it can be eaten at home and allows larger numbers of people to be treated.

Plumpy'Nut may be referred to in scientific literature as a Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) along with other RUTFs such as BP100.

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Unopened Plumpy'Nut packet

Nutriset has been criticized by Médecins Sans Frontières for enforcing its Plumpy'nut patents.^[3]

References

↑ "Nutriset". web.archive.org. 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
↑ Rice, Andrew (2010-09-02). "The Peanut Solution (Published 2010)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
↑ "MSF: Nutriset patent impeding access to treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition". Médecins Sans Frontières Access Campaign. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

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[1] "Nutriset". web.archive.org. 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

[2] Rice, Andrew (2010-09-02). "The Peanut Solution (Published 2010)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

[3] "MSF: Nutriset patent impeding access to treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition". Médecins Sans Frontières Access Campaign. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

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