Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the country, one threat remains for millions of vulnerable Filipino families: malnutrition, also known as the “silent pandemic.” As an answer to this growing problem, global food brand, Knorr, recently launched Nutri-Sarap Nutrition Program, an enhanced nutrition program that aims to curb malnutrition and provide Filipinos a better chance at a brighter future.
Under the Nutri-Sarap Nutrition Program, Knorr strengthens its partnership with various government agencies and NGOs–including the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Education (DepEd), Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network, National Nutrition Council as well as Pilipinas Kontra Gutom–to educate parents on how to prepare healthy, delicious, and abot-kayang home-cooked meals for their families.
Through its partnership with Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI), for the Nutri-Sarap Nutrition Program, Knorr developed a proprietary 21-day Nutrition Plan that empowers parents to build healthy eating habits for their kids and to diversify their family’s diet.
In addition to this, the launch of the Nutri-Sarap Nutrition Program also comes with the release of Knorr’s strengthened commitment towards bringing nutrition closer to people through its products. The popular Knorr Sinigang sa Sampaloc Mix Original now contains Vitamin C, while kitchen staple Knorr Chicken & Pork Broth Cubes is now a source of iron.
“We’re doing everything we can to help secure a brighter future for the Filipinos. In the past, aside from education, we were also able to sustain feeding programs that we are proud to say have really made a huge difference in the lives of beneficiaries. With the pandemic limiting our movements, our search for more ways to make nutrition more accessible led us to implement improvements to our well-loved products,” shares Kristine Go, Vice President for Foods & Refreshments of Unilever Philippines.
Even before the pandemic, malnutrition was a prevalent problem among those in the marginalized sector, with one in every two children below the age of five experiencing undernutrition that leads to stunting. And leading the battle against this problem for over 20 years now has been Knorr. The brand–through its Lutong Nanay Program–has been educating moms in community and classroom settings, addressing the two common barriers to proper nutrition–lack of knowledge and limited budget.
Aside from teaching moms about proper eating habits and the importance of nutrition not just in the present but also the future, Knorr also shared recipes for delicious and nutritious meals that Filipinos are familiar with and that cost little to make, including ginisang monggo, tinola, and sinigang.
