Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama
AbbreviationINCAP
Formation1947[1]
HeadquartersGuatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala
Region
The 8 SICA member states: Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama[2]
Director
José Renán De León Cáceres (2020–24)[3]
Websitewww.incap.int

The Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, short INCAP (Spanish: Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá) is a supranational institution of the Central American Integration System (SICA).[1]

In the 1960s, INCAP developed a plant-based drink called Incaparina, made from maize, cottonseed flour and soya bean flour and fortified with vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, calcium, zinc, phosphorus, and lysine (a protein).[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Institute of Nutrition of Central American and Panama (INCAP)". Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  2. ↑ "República Dominicana". www.incap.int. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  3. ↑ "José Renán De León Cáceres". SICA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  4. ↑ Tartanac, Florence (2000-01-01). "Incaparina and Other Incaparina-Based Foods: Experience of INCAP in Central America". Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 21 (1): 49–54. doi:10.1177/156482650002100108. ISSN 0379-5721.
  5. ↑ Wise, Robert P. (1980-04-01). "The case of Incaparina in Guatemala". Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 2 (2): 1–7. doi:10.1177/156482658000200202. ISSN 0379-5721.


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