What is Plumpy'nut?
{{Nutritional value | name = Plumpy'Nut | image = | caption = | serving_size = 92 g<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nutriset.fr/products/en/plumpy-nut|title=Plumpy'Nut®|publisher=Nutriset|access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref> | kJ = 2100 | fat = 30.3 g | satfat = | transfat = | carbs = 45 g | fiber = | sugars = | protein = 12.8 g | opt1n = Ingredients | opt1v = peanut paste, vegetable oil,<br />powdered milk, powdered sugar,<br />vitamins, minerals | source = Nutriset, France | note = }} '''Plumpy'Nut''' is a [[peanut]]-based paste wrapped in plastic, used to treat severe [[malnutrition]]. It's manufactured by [[Nutriset]], a French company.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-09-30|title=Nutriset|url=http://www.nutriset.fr/en/product-range/produit-par-produit/plumpynut-ready-to-use-therapeutic-food-rutf.html|access-date=2021-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930141832/http://www.nutriset.fr/en/product-range/produit-par-produit/plumpynut-ready-to-use-therapeutic-food-rutf.html|archive-date=2011-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Rice|first=Andrew|date=2010-09-02|title=The Peanut Solution (Published 2010)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/magazine/05Plumpy-t.html|access-date=2021-01-12|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The paste removes the need for [[wikt:hospitalization|hospitalization]], and the 92-gram (3¼ oz) packages of it can be eaten at home and allows large numbers of people to be treated. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Foods]] [[Category:Medicine]] {{medicine-stub}}