• Ashok kumar A
• Andrew Nallayan W
• Vijayakumar K.R
• Jayaseelan J

Malnutrition is prevalent globally, especially in developing countries, where around 2 billion people suffers from severe deficiencies. Illness is associated with malnutrition in women and children of all ages. Scientists are investigating methods of fortifying rice or condiments consumed with rice to combat micro nutrients deficiencies among population that consumes rice as a stable food.It is extremely important to select the right method or technique for the job. This study aims to get the highly nutritious premix dough which can be used for rice fortification. The ingredients taken are the locally available (rural) Moringa leaves , fenugreek seeds, plant based folic acid and vitamin B12 . Moringa leaves (M) and fenugreek (F) are the power house for the vitamins and minerals. While conducting various testing and analysing, it concluded that increase in iron(M-4.025 ,F -33.87 ) mg/100g , zinc (M-0.89 ,F-3.1) mg/100g, Thiamin ( M -0.45 ,F-0.591 ) mg/100g, Riboflavin ( M-0.9 ,F-0.604 ) mg/100g, niacin( M-2.7 ,F-2.2) mg/100g, vitamin B6 ( M-1.8 ,F -0.9) mg/100g and folate ( M-40 ,F-57 ) μg/100g. These values are generally estimated values that can be varied locally. It is important to monitor and evaluate the impact of rice fortification.

Malnutrition,fortification,moringa olifera,fenugreek,iron deficiency

"Optimization of nutritional rice using moringa leaf and fenugreek seed:a key to tackle malnutrition", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no.f373-f379, March-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2303546.pdf

"Optimization of nutritional rice using moringa leaf and fenugreek seed:a key to tackle malnutrition", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no. ppf373-f379, March-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2303546.pdf