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Incaparina|ɪnkəpəˈriːnə|
[f. the initials of Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama + Amer. Sp. f)ariña powdered manioc f. L. farina flour, meal.]
A preparation of vegetable protein, used as a dietary supplement.
1960N. S. Scrimshaw in Proc. Conf. Cottonseed Protein for Animals & Man 18/1 The name Incaparina has now been adopted as a generic name to refer to any vegetable mixture developed by INCAP suitable for feeding to young children and containing at least 25% protein of a quality comparable to that of milk and other products of animal origin. 1964Listener 28 May 886/2 ‘Incaparina’, a mixture of cottonseed meal, maize, and several other ingredients, has been used widely in Guatemala. 1965S. M. Cantor in J. M. Leitch Food Sci. & Technol. III. 460 One of the most successful protein mixtures, Incaparina, a food product of plant origin, was developed by the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama... Incaparina is an uncooked, dry powder which may be heated, flavoured, and consumed alone as a liquid, or it may be added to other foods. 1970M. Pyke Food Sci & Technol. (ed. 3) xi. 212 The nutritional value of this preparation, which is marketed under the name of ‘Incaparina’, is sufficiently high to allow its being fed to young children as a substitute for milk. |