NUTRIBUN. Do you remember eating Nutribun as a child? The local government of Manila is reviving the school feeding program, with a few changes in place. Kids today may have never heard of it. Filipinos who grew up in the 1970s, however, may very well remember their childhood’s “daily bread.” “Masarap, mura (Delicious, cheap), Nutribun resembled pandesal, only harder and more dense. And it was healthier. The Nutribun program was implemented in the early 1970s as a supplementary feeding program for public elementary schoolchildren. The bread was made of “wheat blend flour and non-fat dried milk donated by the United States under the PL 480 Title II Food Aid,” It was under the USAID Food for Peace Program. “Each bun provided about one-third of the recommended dietary allowance for school-age children for energy and protein,
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 11:27:58 +0000
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