Philippines Instant Nutri-Oats for Infants Project

Project Overview

GAIN is supporting the Nutrition Center of the Philippines (NCP) to improve the nutritional status of Filipino infants aged 6 to 24 months old by developing and marketing an oats-based fortified instant complementary food product. The project will adapt one of the existing NCP food products, Nutri-Oats, and expand marketing of this product through institutional and retail sales of affordable single-serving sachets.

Goal

The goal of the project is to improve the nutritional status of Filipino infants aged 6  to 24 months old of poor households on a sustained basis by developing and marketing an affordable, high quality fortified instant complementary food product.

Impact

The project aims to cover 14.6 percent of infants aged 6 to 24 months by project completion.

Duration

The project began in March 2009 and is funded through February 2014.