The Minister of Science and technology, Ogbonnaya Onu disclosed, after the federal executive council meeting presided over by President Buhari at the presidential villa, that the Ministry of Science and Technology has presented high nutrient biscuit developed and proposed for inclusion in the Federal government’s School Feeding Programme.
He said the high nutrient density products will provide at least a third of the desired major macro and micro nutrients requirement stipulated by the World Health organization, Food and Nutrition Board.
“Additionally, the products will be produced by NASCO Foods Limited, Jos that have state-of-the-art processing equipment with vast experience in Food processing, Food Safety and quality for production and supply chain nationwide.
“The developed nutritious products have been tested using Nasco Food processing facilities in Jos and have been found to be technically and economically viable”. He added.
