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Product Description
Foodlets are large, low-compression tablets (20mm diameter) made with a high concentration of milk powder that can be crumbled and mixed with complementary foods or fluids that are appropriate for children aged six to 24 months. The foodlets are flavoured to mask the taste of the iron, which is not encapsulated.

Product Contents
Foodlets contain vitamins A, D, E, C, B1, B2, Niacin, B6, B12, folate, and iron, zinc, copper and iodine. Foodlets contain 10 mg of iron as ferrous fumarate.

Product Packaging
The foodlet is packaged into blister packs to prevent oxidation and physical damage and therefore have a shelf life of 24 months form the date of manufacture.

Cost
Production costs are determined by the location of production. South American production for field trials cost US$0.035 per tablet. However, production of very large quantities in Europe is estimated to drop the price to approximately US$0.03 per tablet.

Product Shipping Information
(Waiting for further information from Christoph Krone)

Producer Information
The vitamin pre-mix is supplied by DSM Nutritional Products (formally Roche Laboratories) and the mineral pre-mix by Lomapharm (a division of Lohmann Pharmaceuticals). The pre-mixes can be provided to local producers who will blend the mixtures with the excipients and compress the powders into tablets.

Procurement Information
For procurement details please contact Mr. Christoph Krone at Lomapharm.

Efficacy Trials
Several studies have shown that Foodlets a re efficacious in providing adequate levels of iron to young children aged six to 24 months when taken on their own or mixed with locally used complementary foods.

•	Daily 1 RDA multi-micronutrient tablets are more effective than weekly 2 RDA multi-micronutrient tablets and daily 1 RDA iron-only tablets at improving indicators of iron deficiency and anemia.
	–	Efficacy of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation for Improving Anemia, Micronutrient Status, Growth, and Morbidity of Peruvian Infants. (J. Nutr. 2005;135: 646S-652S)
	–	Multiple Micronutrient Supplements Improve Micronutrient Status and Anemia But Not Growth and Morbidity of Indonesian Infants: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. (J. Nutr. 2005; 135:639S-645S)
	–	Efficacy of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation for Improving Anemia, Micronutrient Status, and Growth in South African Infants, (J. Nutr. 2005; 135:653S-659S)
	–	Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation Improves Anemia, Micronutrient Nutrient Status, and Growth of Vietnamese Infants: Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. (J. Nutr. 2005; 135:660S-665S)

In a study comparing the effects of Sprinkles, Foodlets and Plumpy'Nut, it was found that all three products had a similar significant effect on iron status when compared to the placebo group. However, only Plumpy'Nut and Foodlets had a significant effect on hemoglobin as a measure of anemia.

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Randomized comparison of 3 types of micronutrient supplements in Ghanaian infants. S Adu-Afarwuah, A Lartey, KH Brown, S Zlotkin, KG Dewey

Production Contact Information
Lomapharm®
Rudolf Lohmann GmbH KG
Langes Feld 5
D-31860 Emmerthal
Germany
Contact: Christoph Krone - Head of Business Development
Tel: +49 51 55 63 208
Fax: +49 51 55 63 256
Email: sales@lomapharm.de
URL: www.lomapharm.de

 

Iron Deficiency Project Advisory Service International Nutrition Foundation Web site: http://www.micronutrient.org/IDPAS Email: idpas@inffoundation.org Phone (1-617) 636-3770 Fax: (1-617) 636-3781 Project Office: 150 Harrison Street, Boston, MA, 02111 Gerald J. & Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University