Hershey-Funded Operation Now Producing Life-Saving Therapeutic Food
- 9 years ago
Accra, Ghana, December 17, 2014 /3BL Media/ – The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY), in partnership with Project Peanut Butter, today announced that the project’s newest manufacturing facility – located in Kumasi, Ghana -- is now beginning full operation. The new plant will produce Project Peanut Butter’s peanut-based Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTFs) endorsed by leading NGOs[1] as the world’s most effective treatment for severe childhood malnutrition.
At full capacity, the plant will be able to produce approximately 20,000 peanut-based RUTFs each day, enough to treat approximately 48,000 children each year. It takes nearly 150 packets to treat one child, and the product has a 95 percent success rate.
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At full capacity, the plant will be able to produce approximately 20,000 peanut-based RUTFs each day, enough to treat approximately 48,000 children each year. It takes nearly 150 packets to treat one child, and the product has a 95 percent success rate.
Read More: http://www.3blmedia.com/News/Hershey-Funded-Operation-Now-Producing-Life-Saving-Therapeutic-Food
© 2014 | 3BL Media/Client | All Rights Reserved