HYGIENIC ASSESSMENT OF JUICE AND NECTAR FORTIFIED WITH VITAMINS AND CALCIUM

A.E. Podruchnyk, V.V. Shkuro, E.V.  Goncharuk, N.I. Turta

The problem of optimization the vitamin-mineral children's provision with vitamins can be solved by means of inclusion fruit and fruit-vegetable tinned food, including fortified tinned food, in food ration. Unlike fresh fruits and vegetables, which lose their vitamins during a storing period, fortified juice and nectar have a guaranteed stable content of vitamins and minerals.

The results of clinical approbation of new juice and nectar produced by the firm "Sandora", which was carried out among children at the age of 2–10 years old in the kindergarten "Olvia", are the evidence that fortified food has improved the biological value of food ration in the quantity of organic acids, minerals, microelements, water soluble vitamins, such as vitamin C and vitamins of group B. It has influenced on children's health positively.

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