The Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) launched the Enhanced Nutribun carrot variant on April 28, 2021 via Zoom and YouTube Live.
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only affected the current healthcare system but has also influenced consumer attitudes, lifestyle, and purchasing behaviors. These changes have greatly impacted product development priorities. At the same time, access to relevant and up-to-date information on food, nutrition, health, as well as purchasing behaviors, has been demanding. Thus, now is the perfect time to introduce a more reliable source of information or “intelligence” into these concepts.
Around 4 out of 10 Filipino adults 19 to 59 years old are out-of-home eaters.
This is according to the food consumption component of the 8th National Nutrition Survey (NNS) in 2013 by the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI).