<P> The Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) is the principal research arm of the Philippine government in food and nutrition . It was first created in 1947 as the Institute of Nutrition to serve as a clearing - house of data and information regarding nutrition . In 1949, it was authorized to conduct research in the applied science of food, as well . The FNRI was reorganized in Executive Order No. 128, s . 1987 to redefine its mandate to research food and nutrition in order to research and identify solutions to malnutrition problems, develop programs, projects, and policies to address malnutrition, and disseminate these findings . In accordance with these functions, the Food Composition Laboratory was established . Now known as the Food Analytical Service Laboratory (FASL), it is the pioneering laboratory researching into the food and nutrient composition of Philippine foods . Their services include chemical testing, microbiological testing, physico - chemical testing, and research and consultancy services . FNRI also develops simple recipes for small scale and household use, especially for the consumption by infants and children . They provide the nutritional information, properties and even market potential . </P> <P> Aside from the FNRI, Philippine scientists have been researching into food science . Patricia T. Arroyo, Ph. D., an assistant professor and chairman of the Department of Fisheries Technology of the University of the Philippines, Diliman wrote The Science of Philippine Foods as a reference for students of food chemistry and food technology to be used instead of foreign books . This book is a compilation of scattered literature about Philippine foods and contains information about the structure, composition, methods in preparation, standards of quality, preservation, and experiments about various food such as eggs, rice, red meat, poultry, fish, fruits, vegetables, fats, oils, milk, milk products, wheat, flour, and sugar . </P> <P> Maria Ligaya T. Braganza, Ed. D, the Dean of the School of Food Science and Technology at the Philippine Women's University conducts applied researches on food and product development . One of her studies investigates the use of banana flour as a wheat flour extender in pan de sal and doughnuts . </P> <P> Ame P. Garong, a museum researcher at the National Museum of the Philippines, published Ancient Filipino Diet: Reconstructing Diet from Human Remains Excavated in the Philippines based on her doctoral dissertation . Using isotope analysis, she reconstructed the diet from the archaeological human remains from different burial sites in the Philippines . Based on the bone, hair, muscle samples and plant and animal tissues, Garong traced the diet of ancient Filipinos . Filipinos in the pre-colonial and early colonial past ate mostly aquatic resources (such as marine fish, freshwater shellfish, and coral reef resources). Some samples showed that the ancient Filipinos practiced prolonged breast feeding . </P>

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