México: Villalpandoet al.(2007), other updated Lajolo
et al.(2000), Tablas de Composición de América
Latina (2009 rev.), Schmidt.-Hebbel et all. (1992). Data
of seeds from native Latin America fruits cultivated in
Chile and their extracted fatty acid oil composition,
tocopherols and phytosterols has been published:
cherimola (Annona cherimola), papaw (Carica
pubescens), prickly pear (Carica ficus-indica) (Mas-
son et al., 2008a) and native Chilean palm seeds
(Jubaea chilensisMolina, Baillon) (Masson et al.,
2008b). These special oils have their own fatty acid
composition and bioactive compounds, offering new
raw material for food and cosmetic purposes, and
they represent a real possibility to extract more
value from agro waste materials that are currently
not utilized.- Final remarks
Some traditional Latin American foods have been
“forgotten” or “underutilized”, it is time to rediscover
them. Their great biodiversity represents an excellent
source of bioactive components which can contribute
to the restoration of the poor health of “developed so-
ciety”, which is suffering from the inadequate man-
agement of its daily diet, while also offering healthy
foods to many children, who today still do not have the
minimum levels of nutrients for survival.
Latin American countries must strengthen efforts
to establish government policies for the generation
of food composition data, including those “forgotten”
or “underutilized” ancient foods high in natural
biodiversity.
Project TCP/RLA/3107 (D) (2008–09), has contributed
to strengthening food composition activities in
Argentina, Chile and Paraguay, together with their
respective governments’ support, in Chile, food
composition is now a part of government policy.
Efforts in this direction must be supported through
agreements between the international agencies
involved in food resources, nutrition, health and biodi-
versity, together with INNFOODS through LATIN-
FOODS NET and their national branches, the
governments involved and the private industrial sector.
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