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Journal of Nutrition Vol. 38 No. 4 August 1949, pp. 443-451
Copyright © 1949 by American Society for Nutrition
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Artificial Enrichment of White Rice as a Solution to Endemic Beriberi

I. Preliminary Report of Field Trials1

Juan Salcedo, Jr.2, Alfonso Pedroche3, Elpidio C. Panganiban4 and Jose F. DeLeon5

U. S. Public Health Service and Department of Health of the Republic of the Philippines, Manila

Preliminary field trials in the Philippines with artificially enriched white rice have been made with a total of almost 3,500 individuals, including government employees and their families, members of the Armed Forces, and the children in government institutions. The results in so far as "acceptability" with reference to color, taste, odor, palatability and digestibility is concerned have been completely satisfactory. Limited observation points to beneficial effects on peripheral neuritis among members of the Armed Forces. The results of the large-scale feeding of enriched rice in Bataan Province will be published in the future as soon as the studies are completed.

1 This study has been made possible by a grant from the Williams-Waterman Fund Committee of the Research Corporation, New York City, to the Department of Health of the Republic of the Philippines. The "premix" was donated by Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., Nutley, New Jersey, U.S.A. Equipment and supplies were authorized from funds allocated to the U. S. Public Health Service Rehabilitation Program in the Philippines in connection with the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946 of the 79th Congress of the United States of America.

Read before the monthly meeting of the Manila Medical Society, March 8, 1949.

2 Director of Field Operations, U. S. Public Health Service in the Philippines. and Director, Institute of Nutrition, Republic of the Philippines.

3 Medical Supervisor, Welfareville Institutions, Social Welfare Commission, Republic of the Philippines.

4 Major, Medical Corps, Office of the Surgeon General, Headquarters National Defense Forces, Republic of the Philippines.

5 Rice Mill Engineering Consultant employed under a grant from the Williams-Waterman Fund.

Manuscript received 18 February 1949.




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