Kouvari Matina, Diamantis Dimitrios V, Katsas Konstantinos, Radaios Vasiliki, Veloudaki Afroditi, Linos Athena
PROLEPSIS Civil Law Non-Profit Organization of Preventive Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 15121 Athens, Greece.
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, 17676 Athen, Greece.
Children (Basel). 2023 Jul 23;10(7):1268. doi: 10.3390/children10071268.
Providing meals of high nutritional value should be the principal objective of large-scale school-based food aid programs. This study aimed at highlighting the nutritional value of meals distributed in the school-based food assistance DIATROFI Program by comparing them to their commercially available counterparts. For the purpose of this study, = 13 DIATROFI meals and = 50 commercial products from the 2016-2017 school year, and = 12 DIATROFI meals and = 40 commercial products from the 2022-2023 school year were selected. The protein, carbohydrate, total sugar, dietary fiber, total fat, sodium/salt content, and fatty acid methyl ester profile of DIATROFI meals were estimated through recipe simulation and national/international food databases, and verified through laboratory analyses while the relevant information was extracted from the label for commercial products. As verified by laboratory analyses and in comparison with food labels, most DIATROFI meals had lower total fat, saturated fatty acid, and sugar content, and most had higher dietary fiber content during both years. Many recipes' nutrient profiles also improved over time. DIATROFI meals present significant advantages over available commercial products. Such tailored-made school meals can prove to be advantageous in terms of nutrition profile compared to commercially available, which have yet to be impacted by food reformulation.
提供高营养价值的膳食应是大规模校内食品援助项目的主要目标。本研究旨在通过将校内食品援助DIATROFI项目所发放膳食与市售同类膳食进行比较，突出其营养价值。在本研究中，选取了2016 - 2017学年的13份DIATROFI膳食和50种商业产品，以及2022 - 2023学年的12份DIATROFI膳食和40种商业产品。通过食谱模拟和国家/国际食品数据库估算DIATROFI膳食的蛋白质、碳水化合物、总糖、膳食纤维、总脂肪、钠/盐含量以及脂肪酸甲酯谱，并通过实验室分析进行验证，而商业产品的相关信息则从标签中提取。经实验室分析验证并与食品标签比较，在这两年中，大多数DIATROFI膳食的总脂肪、饱和脂肪酸和糖含量较低，且大多数膳食纤维含量较高。许多食谱的营养成分也随着时间推移有所改善。DIATROFI膳食相较于市售产品具有显著优势。与尚未受到食品配方调整影响的市售食品相比，这种量身定制的校内膳食在营养方面可能具有优势。
