Fameal is a general word for a food product, used by Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), in programs to feed the hungry as a part of the Agricultural Act of 1949. The food product is made up of a wheat-soy meal blend or a cornmeal-soy blend (WSB or CSB, corn soy blend). This food is distributed, often aided by volunteers, in the Caribbean and West Africa.
Typical usage A premade mix of fameal is extrusion cooked for usage under primitive conditions. In this form, the meal is eaten as a thin paste or thickened and made into dumplings or bread.
Nutritional components
The general measures of fameal are:
50% (by volume) Cornmeal or Whole-wheat flour. 30% (by volume) Bean meal, of any kind, including soy. Lentils are sometimes used due to ease of grinding and fast cooking. 10% (by volume) Cooking Oil. Any cooking oil works. 10% (by volume) Sugar, honey, syrup, or similar sweetener. Salt for taste. Multi-vitamin powder, or multi-vitamins ground to a meal.
The fameal is a powder which can be mixed slowly with boiling water or used as a flour replacement for baking, similar to cornbread, or as a cake mix.
CSB Plus - formula ingredients percentage (by weight):
Corn (white or yellow) 78.47 Whole soybeans 20 Vitamin/Mineral 0.20 Tri-Calcium Phosphate 1.16 Potassium chloride 0.17
Nutritional value per 100g dry matter: a. Energy: 380 kcal minimum b. Protein: 14.0% (N x 6.25) minimum c. Fat: 6.0% minimum d. Crude Fiber: 5.0% maximum
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