Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food - Revision history

Eric: Added some more links under the “External Links” section

2025-10-05T06:53:37Z

Added some more links under the “External Links” section

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:53, 5 October 2025
Line 36:		Line 36:
	*[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11065092/ An [[Open Access]] Article in “ehehe” Titled “One Page in the History of Starvation and Refeeding” ]		*[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11065092/ An [[Open Access]] Article in “ehehe” Titled “One Page in the History of Starvation and Refeeding” ]
	**Great read, need to see if it’s used in the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refeeding_syndrome The Wikipedia Page on Refeeding Syndrome]		**Great read, need to see if it’s used in the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refeeding_syndrome The Wikipedia Page on Refeeding Syndrome]
			*[https://youtu.be/xl2B9ssZc-s?si=AAFnyPlESnB3INcF A Video by the YouTube Channel “[[Adam Ragusea (Youtube Channel) \| Adam Regusea]] Titled “Why starving kids need special food” ]
			**Discusses Famine + RUTF, mainly in the context of Gaza/Sudan.
	[[Category: Food and agriculture]] [[Category: Emergency Preparedness]]		[[Category: Food and agriculture]] [[Category: Emergency Preparedness]]

Eric: Fixed an External Link

2025-10-05T06:48:45Z

Fixed an External Link

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:48, 5 October 2025
Line 34:		Line 34:
	*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_food The Wikipedia Page on RUTF]		*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_food The Wikipedia Page on RUTF]
	*[https://www.unicef.org/supply/stories/saving-lives-rutf-ready-use-therapeutic-food The [[UNICEF]] page on RUTF]		*[https://www.unicef.org/supply/stories/saving-lives-rutf-ready-use-therapeutic-food The [[UNICEF]] page on RUTF]
	*[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11065092/ An [[Open Access]] Article in “ehehe” Titled ~~“ One~~ Page in the History of Starvation and Refeeding” ]		*[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11065092/ An [[Open Access]] Article in “ehehe” Titled “One Page in the History of Starvation and Refeeding” ]
	**Great read, need to see if it’s used in the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refeeding_syndrome The Wikipedia Page on Refeeding Syndrome]		**Great read, need to see if it’s used in the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refeeding_syndrome The Wikipedia Page on Refeeding Syndrome]

	[[Category: Food and agriculture]] [[Category: Emergency Preparedness]]		[[Category: Food and agriculture]] [[Category: Emergency Preparedness]]

Eric: Fixed an External Link

2025-10-05T06:47:52Z

Fixed an External Link

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:47, 5 October 2025
Line 35:		Line 35:
	*[https://www.unicef.org/supply/stories/saving-lives-rutf-ready-use-therapeutic-food The [[UNICEF]] page on RUTF]		*[https://www.unicef.org/supply/stories/saving-lives-rutf-ready-use-therapeutic-food The [[UNICEF]] page on RUTF]
	*[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11065092/ An [[Open Access]] Article in “ehehe” Titled “ One Page in the History of Starvation and Refeeding” ]		*[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11065092/ An [[Open Access]] Article in “ehehe” Titled “ One Page in the History of Starvation and Refeeding” ]
	**Great read, need to see if it’s used in the [https://~~www~~.~~Wikipedia~~.org/Refeeding_syndrome Wikipedia Page on Refeeding Syndrome]		**Great read, need to see if it’s used in the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refeeding_syndrome The Wikipedia Page on Refeeding Syndrome]

	[[Category: Food and agriculture]] [[Category: Emergency Preparedness]]		[[Category: Food and agriculture]] [[Category: Emergency Preparedness]]

Eric: Added some more information

2025-10-05T06:46:47Z

Added some more information

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:46, 5 October 2025
Line 34:		Line 34:
	*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_food The Wikipedia Page on RUTF]		*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_food The Wikipedia Page on RUTF]
	*[https://www.unicef.org/supply/stories/saving-lives-rutf-ready-use-therapeutic-food The [[UNICEF]] page on RUTF]		*[https://www.unicef.org/supply/stories/saving-lives-rutf-ready-use-therapeutic-food The [[UNICEF]] page on RUTF]
			*[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11065092/ An [[Open Access]] Article in “ehehe” Titled “ One Page in the History of Starvation and Refeeding” ]
			**Great read, need to see if it’s used in the [https://www.Wikipedia.org/Refeeding_syndrome Wikipedia Page on Refeeding Syndrome]

	[[Category: Food and agriculture]] [[Category: Emergency Preparedness]]		[[Category: Food and agriculture]] [[Category: Emergency Preparedness]]

Eric: Added some more links under the “External Links” section

2025-10-05T06:36:51Z

Added some more links under the “External Links” section

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:36, 5 October 2025
Line 33:		Line 33:
	=External Links=		=External Links=
	*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_food The Wikipedia Page on RUTF]		*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_food The Wikipedia Page on RUTF]
			*[https://www.unicef.org/supply/stories/saving-lives-rutf-ready-use-therapeutic-food The [[UNICEF]] page on RUTF]

	[[Category: Food and agriculture]] [[Category: Emergency Preparedness]]		[[Category: Food and agriculture]] [[Category: Emergency Preparedness]]

Eric: Minor Text Formatting Fix

2025-10-05T06:36:03Z

Minor Text Formatting Fix

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:36, 5 October 2025
Line 32:		Line 32:

	=External Links=		=External Links=
	*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_food The Wikipedia Page on RUTF]]		*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_food The Wikipedia Page on RUTF]

	[[Category: Food and agriculture]] [[Category: Emergency Preparedness]]		[[Category: Food and agriculture]] [[Category: Emergency Preparedness]]

Eric: Created Page + Added Basic Sections/Info

2025-10-05T06:35:42Z

Created Page + Added Basic Sections/Info

New page

=Basics=
*A type of [[Therapeutic Food]] used to tread Advanced Stages of Starvation
*Given due to Modern Agriculture, [[Food Preservation]] , and Nutrition / Healthcare etc they aren’t TOO relevant as [[There Are No More Natural Famines]] etc, OS Recipes/ [[Industrial Food Equipment]] etc can’t HURT ongoing situations too much (Short of if it lead to resources being diverted/wasted, Re [[Redundancy Waste]] and [[Cash vs Material Donations]] )
**All in all, long term investment in [[Resiliency]] / [[Anti-Fragility]] is a good idea
*ANYHOW they are a [[Shelf Stable]] Ready to Eat Food that is specifically formulated to not cause people to go into shock / have issues associated with rapid changes in diet following prolonged starvation
**As with [[Hypothermia]] , humanity has learned the hard way on HOW to do so, and the History of Foods Given as Aid Post-Famine (especially various Broth / [[Gelatin]] type concoctions post WW2 are an interesting read)
*Most Off The Shelf Options are a sort of Thin Paste (Akin to [[Peanut Butter]] ) but fortified in a manner akin to [[Soylent (Company) ]] ) Stored in essentially a scaled up Ketchup Packet

=Industry Standards=
==PlumpyNut==
*The First and Most Common Option
*Essentially Fortified+Specifically Formulated [[Peanut Butter]]
*Comes in a Sachet / Packet
*Semi-Closed Source, while it is a European Company, they collaborate to make it in more local places
**Need to do some proper muckraking on this. ( [[User: Eric]] editorializing a bit here) It seems like on the scale from some horrible greenwashing bit like [[Climate Change Denialism]] or Pro-Smoking PR Pushes a la [[Fear Uncertainty and Doubt]] / [[Monsanto]] to some hypothetical “Perfect Corporation” they are maybe like a 7 or so?
**Citation needed but the cost is acceptable for the [[NGOs]] / the UN working with it and it is being made semi-locally
***SOME Food Aid had ties to Lobbying and was essentially “Oh crap we got soooooo good at [[Maize]] production that we broke capitalism, quick send it to them i guess!” Which while it CAN provide food, can at the same time make Domestic Food Production impossible leading to a tricky situation
****Re [[Economic Protectionism in the Context of Sustainable Development]] / [[Neo-Colonialism]] etc
*Anywho though, good stuff and it’s used/stockpiled by all the big groups
*Gotta add citations to this later etc

==Historical Options==
*Some of these may not have been RTE and/or inline with the Current Healthcare Recommendations, but are interesting/worth mentioning

===

=Internal Links=
*[[MRE]]
**A Related Concept (In terms of [[Emergency Preparedness]] / Government Stockpiling for Disaster Relief etc) However for “Normal MealsL by Non-Starving People
*[[Freeze-Dried Pouch Meals]] (While not as “Ready to Eat” as RUTF or MRE’s, these fulfill a similar role of Storability for Stockpiles)
*[[Peanut Butter]] / [[Plumpy'Nut]]

=External Links=
*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_food The Wikipedia Page on RUTF]]

[[Category: Food and agriculture]] [[Category: Emergency Preparedness]]