Fameal

Fameal is a general word for a food product, used by Non-governmental organizations, in programs to feed the hungry as a part of the Agricultural Act of 1949. The food product is made up of a wheat-soy meal blend or a cornmeal-soy blend. This food is distributed, often aided by volunteers, in the Caribbean and West Africa.

Typical usage

A premade mix of fameal is extrusion cooked for usage under primitive conditions. In this form, the meal is eaten as a thin paste or thickened and made into dumplings or bread.

Nutritional components

The general measures of fameal are:

50% Cornmeal or Whole-wheat flour.
30% Bean meal, of any kind, including soy. Lentils are sometimes used due to ease of grinding and fast cooking.
10% Cooking Oil. Any cooking oil works.
10% Sugar, honey, syrup, or similar sweetener.
Salt for taste.
Multi-vitamin powder, or multi-vitamins ground to a meal.

The fameal is a powder which can be mixed slowly with boiling water or used as a flour replacement for baking, similar to cornbread, or as a cake mix.
CSB Plus - formula ingredients percentage :

Corn 78.47
Whole soybeans 20
Vitamin/Mineral 0.20
Tri-Calcium Phosphate 1.16
Potassium chloride 0.17

Nutritional value per 100g dry matter:

a. Energy: 380 kcal minimum
b. Protein: 14.0% minimum
c. Fat: 6.0% minimum
d. Crude Fiber: 5.0% maximum