INT SQ What is Plumpy 'Nut?

Plumpy ’Nut is the brand name for a type of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) that Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams use in our nutrition programs around the world. Our staff will typically give a severely malnourished child packets of RUTF every day for several weeks to help them get healthy again. Plumpy ’Nut ingredients are fortified peanut butter, milk, sugar, vitamins, and minerals.
MSF is currently responding to nutrition emergencies in several countries around the world, including Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, and Democratic Republic of Congo.

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What is Plumpy 'Nut

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB146704

Date taken / Date Recorded 23/01/2023 5:32 AM

Country Nigeria

Commissioning section MSF-UNITED STATES

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Additional Information / Shotlist What is Plumpy’Nut?

[0:03]
Tastes like chocolate.

To me, it tastes like peanuts.

Hmm, I think it tastes like milk. Yeah, it’s very delicious.

[0:13]
Here in northwestern Nigeria, we’re responding to a massive nutritional emergency brought on by violence and displacement, rising food prices, and climate change. We use this food to help severely malnourished children quickly gain weight and get healthy again.

[0:29]
It is highly effective because it’s rich in protein and nutrients and it packs a lot of calories. A child can get a lot of energy from just small amounts. This is important because their stomachs have shrunk.

[0:42]
The packets can be stored at room temperature and no preparation is needed—it’s ready to eat. And importantly, children love the taste, so they want to eat it.

[0:53]
Nutrition emergencies like the one here in Nigeria are devastating for families and communities. And they are happening around the world right now, not only here in Nigeria. A tool like this can help us keep babies healthy and alive.