A nutrient-rich diet called ready to use therapeutic food (RUTF) is used to treat malnutrition in children. It's a high-energy, vitamin- and mineral-rich food that doesn't need to be cooked, and it's used to treat severe acute malnutrition (SAM). According to the National Family Health Survey 3 (NFHS-3), India has a prevalence of 6.4 percent in children aged 5 years, and 8 million severely wasted children (31.2 percent of the world's severely wasted children). As a result, there is a growing demand for ready-to-use therapeutic food all over the world, particularly in India, which is propelling the market forward.
Ready to use therapeutic food products are prepared in factories, using approved standards and guidelines. They are high in vitamins and minerals and are excellent sources for energy and protein. The manufacturing of such foods is the ideal alternative for people who do not have time to prepare nutritious meals at home. The demand for ready to use therapeutic food has increased due to the growing cases of malnutrition around the globe. For example, in February 2020, Ariel Foods FZE announced the launch of its RUTF factory in Lagos to produce ready-to-use therapeutic foods, an UN-recommended product used to tackle malnutrition. This in turn is also expected to augment the growth of the ready to use therapeutic food market.
Vitamins and minerals included in milk have been shown to aid extremely malnourished youngsters in gaining enough weight in studies. Skimmed milk is an example of therapeutic food that is ready to use. Infants are commonly given skimmed milk to ensure that they get enough of these nutrients. Every year, a huge number of children die from severe malnutrition as a result of these foods failing to meet their needs. As a result, health groups advise incorporating ready-to-use therapeutic food products into the diet to reduce child mortality. This, in turn, is likely to fuel the rise of the ready-to-use therapeutic food market.
Moreover, there is an increasing demand for drinkable ready to use therapeutic food products, such as therapeutic milk, as it is difficult to feed infants food paste to treat malnutrition. Thus, drinkable products are gaining huge traction across the globe, augmenting the market growth. However, ready to use therapeutic food products are too expensive and their provision highly depends on short-term external funding for emergency programs or humanitarian. This in turn is expected to restrain the growth of the ready to use therapeutic food market.
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