Avoid adding sugar or jaggery to Amrutham Nutrimix when cooking: WCD

The Women and Child Development department has issued a strict advisory against addition of sugar or jaggery to Amrutham Nutrimix when using it to make dishes for children at home. Amrutham Nutrimix is a low-cost food supplement produced by Kudumbashree units on the basis of a formulation developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research – Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (ICAR-CPCRI), Kasaragod. It is distributed as a take-home ration through anganwadis to children aged six months to three years across the State.