Bouillon is a promising candidate for fortification to complement existing large-scale food fortification (LSFF) programs. We used household dietary data from Burkina Faso to model potential contributions of bouillon fortified with vitamin A (40–250 μg/g bouillon), folic acid (20–120 μg/g), vitamin B12 (0.2–2 μg/g), iron (0.6–5 mg/g), and zinc (0.6–5 mg/g) for meeting micronutrient requirements of women of reproductive age (15–49 years; WRA) and children (6–59 months). Most households (82%) reported bouillon consumption, with higher proportions of resource-constrained (84–88%) and rural households (88%) consuming bouillon. Accounting for the contributions of existing LSFF, household diets were inadequate to meet the micronutrient requirements of many WRA and children, exceeding 90% and 60% inadequacy for vitamins A and B12, respectively. Modeling results showed bouillon fortification could reduce inadequacy by up to ∼30 percentage points (pp) for vitamin A, ∼26 pp for folate among WRA (∼11 pp among children), ∼38 pp for vitamin B12, and 11–13 pp for zinc, with comparable reductions across socioeconomic strata and urban and rural residence. Predicted reductions in iron inadequacy were <3 pp. These results suggest dietary micronutrient inadequacies are a concern in Burkina Faso, and fortified bouillon can make substantial contributions to reducing micronutrient inadequacies, including among resource-constrained and rural populations.

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微量营养素强化肉汤作为改善布基纳法索饮食微量营养素充足性的策略


肉汤是一种很有前景的强化候选物，可以补充现有的大规模食品强化 (LSFF) 计划。我们使用布基纳法索的家庭饮食数据来模拟维生素 A（40–250 µg/g 肉汤）、叶酸（20–120 µg/g）、维生素 B12（0.2–2 µg/g）、维生素 B12（0.2–2 µg/g）、铁 (0.6–5 mg/g) 和锌 (0.6–5 mg/g)，以满足育龄妇女（15–49 岁；WRA）和儿童（6–59 个月）的微量营养素需求。大多数家庭（82%）报告了肉汤消费，其中资源有限（84-88%）和农村家庭（88%）消费肉汤的比例较高。考虑到现有 LSFF 的贡献，家庭饮食不足以满足许多 WRA 和儿童的微量营养素需求，维生素 A 和 B12 的不足分别超过 90% 和 60%。建模结果显示，肉汤强化可将 WRA 中维生素 A 不足率减少约 30 个百分点 (pp)，叶酸不足率约 26 个百分点（儿童中约 11 个百分点），维生素 B12 不足率约 38 个百分点，维生素 B12 不足率约 11-13 个百分点锌，各个社会经济阶层以及城市和农村居住地都有类似的减少。铁不足的预测减少量为 <3 个百分点。这些结果表明膳食微量营养素不足是布基纳法索的一个问题，强化肉汤可以为减少微量营养素不足做出重大贡献，包括资源有限的人口和农村人口。