DOST-Food and Nutrition Research Institute

𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗢𝗦: 𝗗𝗢𝗦𝗧-𝗙𝗡𝗥𝗜 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗦𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗟𝗚𝗨 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗗𝗜 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲-𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆

The DOST-FNRI welcomed representatives from the DOST-Provincial Science and Technology Office (PSTO) Samar and the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Catbalogan City on May 21, 2026, during their Research and Development Institute (RDI) facility visits and knowledge-exchange activities under the Smart and Sustainable Cities Program (SSCP), in preparation for the upcoming Regional Smart Communities Exposition and Networking Engagement (rscENE) 2026.

During the visit, the DOST-FNRI presented the highlights of the National Nutrition Survey (NNS) for Region VIII and DOST-FNRI-developed and transferable food technologies, followed by a tour of the Sensory Evaluation Laboratory (SEL).

The activity provided valuable insights on nutrition research, food innovation, and science- and technology-based interventions that may support local development and promote sustainable growth in Catbalogan City.

𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗢𝗦: Recognizing the vital role of safe food handling in the food service industry, the DOST-FNRI conducted face-to-face trainings on Meal Management and Safe Food Handling for the staff of The Manila Hotel and Manila Prince Hotel on May 19 and 25, 2026, respectively.

The trainings formed part of the hotels’ annual commitment to strengthening food safety practices and improving meal management operations. Participants, composed of chefs, food and beverage managers, waiters, service crew, and receiving personnel, were equipped with essential knowledge and practical skills on proper food handling, sanitation, and food safety measures to help ensure the delivery of safe and high-quality food service to customers.

For more information on DOST-FNRI’s public training offerings and other upcoming learning activities, please visit https https://itrain.fnri.dost.gov.ph/

𝗛𝗶, 𝗜’𝗺 𝗔̶𝘃̶𝗼̶𝗰̶𝗮̶𝗱̶𝗼̶ 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 🥑!

Kahit madalas itong ginagamit sa mga 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 sa ibang bansa gaya ng mga 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 o 𝘥𝘪𝘱, mas kilala ang avocado sa Pilipinas bilang masarap na 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵 o meryenda. May 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳 ng 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, o 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺, at meron ding ginagawang 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘭𝘰.

Pero higit sa pagiging masarap na meryenda, ang avocado ay may taglay na mahahalagang sustansya na nakatutulong sa pangkalahatang kalusugan. Narito ang ilan sa mga 𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 na makukuha rito at ang kanilang papel sa ating pangangatawan:

✅ 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 – nakatutulong sa pagpapanatili ng normal na 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 at balanse ng 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘴 sa katawan;
✅ 𝗩𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗖 – sumusuporta sa 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 at tumutulong sa pagpapanatili ng malusog na balat;
✅ 𝗙𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿 – mahalaga sa maayos na 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 at tumutulong sa pagpapanatili ng mas 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 na 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴; at
✅ 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝘀 – nakatutulong sa pagpapanatili ng 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 at sumusuporta sa kalusugan ng puso.

Dahil sa taglay nitong mga sustansya, ang avocado ay maaaring maging bahagi ng masustansya at balanseng pagkain na sumusuporta sa maayos na kalusugan.

Kaya sa usaping masustansyang pagkain, malinaw na ang avocado ay hindi lang basta masarap na meryenda, kundi isang prutas na may ambag sa mas malusog na pangangatawan.

Ikaw, anong 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 mo? 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 mo naman yan mare!

𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞! 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟱𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗦𝗦! 👀

Make your participation count at the 52nd DOST-FNRI Seminar Series: “𝗙𝗡𝗥𝗜 𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗦” (𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻), happening this 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟱-𝟭𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, via 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺.

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𝙐𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙖𝙣, 𝙨𝙞 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙠𝙤 🍊

Meet Sharmaine, o mas kilala bilang “Orange”, isang citrus fruit na siksik sa mga bitamina at mineral na mahalaga para sa malakas na pangangatawan at resistensya.

𝙈𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙩, 𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙩, 𝙤 𝙨𝙞𝙥𝙤𝙣? 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜 ‘𝙙𝙞 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙖𝙩𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙤 𝙮𝙖𝙣, 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙚.🤒

Ngayong rainy season, parami nang parami ang mga Pilipinong nakararanas ng lagnat, ubo't sipon, pananakit ng ulo, at trangkaso dahil sa pabago-bagong panahon.

Upang makatulong na maiwasan ang mga sakit, mahalagang palakasin natin ang ating katawan at resistensya. Pero huwag mag-alala, dahil nandyan si Sharmaine para samahan tayo ngayong tag-ulan!

Si Sharmaine ay mayaman sa 𝗩𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗖. Ang isang pirasong orange ay karaniwang naglalaman ng 62 mg ng Vitamin C, sapat upang matugunan ang Recommended Nutrient Intake (RNI) ng Filipino adults na 60-70 mg kada araw.

Ang 𝗩𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗖, o 𝗔𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗰𝗶𝗱, ay isang mahalagang bitamina na tumutulong sa pagpapalakas ng ating immune system. Nakatutulong ito sa paggawa at maayos na paggana ng mga white blood cells na lumalaban sa impeksyon. Pinoprotektahan din nito ang ating mga cells laban sa pagkasira at tumutulong upang mapanatili ang kakayahan ng katawan na labanan ang mga mikrobyo at virus na sanhi ng mga sakit. Bukod dito, nakatutulong din ang Vitamin C sa mas mahusay na absorption ng iron sa katawan.

Hindi lang Vitamin C ang hatid ni Sharmaine. Ang orange ay naglalaman din ng iba pang nutrients tulad ng fiber, folate, at antioxidants na mahalaga para sa pangkabuang kalusugan at nutrisyon.

Bukod kay Sharmaine, may iba pang prutas at gulay na mayaman sa Vitamin C tulad ng papaya, bayabas, calamansi, broccoli, red bell pepper, at iba pang mga berdeng at madahong gulay.

𝗞𝗮𝘆𝗮'𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗴-𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗴-𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘄, 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮'𝘁 𝗸𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝘀𝗶 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮 𝗶𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲, 𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘁! 🍊💪🌧️

𝗛𝘂𝘄𝗮𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗶 "𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮" 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗸𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗼!
Ang 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘺 ay ang pinakakaraniwan at pinakalaganap na uri ng langaw. Ang mga ito ay maaaring magdala ng mahigit isandaang 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯, kabilang ang 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢, 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘶𝘴, 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘪, at 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴.

❓𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗯𝗮 '𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗮, 𝘀𝗶 "𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮"?
Ang mga langaw ay karaniwang kumakain at nagpaparami sa mga dumi ng hayop, mga nabubulok na bagay, at maging sa pagkain mo. Kung dadapo sila sa kinakain mo, malaki ang posibilidad na hindi pagkain ang huli nilang pinanggalingan.

At dahil hindi sila nakangunguya ng pagkain, dumudura sila ng laway na may mga 𝘦𝘯𝘻𝘺𝘮𝘦 upang matunaw ang pagkain bago nila ito sipsipin.

🤏𝗦𝗼𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗶𝘁, 𝘀𝗼𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗵!
Kumpul-kumpol kung mangitlog ang langaw (umaabot sa halos 300 na itlog kada pangingitlog). At mahirap makita ang mga ito dahil umaabot lamang sa humigit-kumulang 1.2 mm ang kanilang laki.

Dagdag pa rito, ang mga itlog ng langaw ay kadalasang puti o dilaw at nagmimistulang mga maliliit na butil ng bigas. Mula sa pangingitlog, napipisa ang mga ito sa loob lamang ng isang araw (lalo na sa mga maiinit at 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘥 na lugar).

🤩 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗹𝗮
Kung kakain sa labas, kilatisin ang pagkain lalo na kung matagal itong naiwan na walang takip. Upang maiwasan ang pagkasira at pag-aaksaya ng pagkain sa tahanan, panatilihing nakatakip ang pagkain, bawasan ang sobrang 𝘮𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 sa paligid, at regular na linisin ang mga kanal at basurahan.

𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱? 𝗡𝗼𝘄’𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀!

The 52nd DOST-FNRI Seminar Series is going fully virtual, bringing the latest food and nutrition research, science, technology, and innovations straight to your screens, wherever you are.

Be part of the 𝟱𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗦𝗦: “𝗙𝗡𝗥𝗜 𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗦” or 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, happening on 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟱-𝟭𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, via 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺.

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𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞: The DOST-FNRI, through its Nutritional Assessment and Monitoring Division (NAMD), held a discussion meeting on a potential collaboration with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), aimed at better understanding the current food environment and consumer behavior affecting the food choices of Filipinos.

The proposed collaboration seeks to advance research and policy initiatives that support healthier diets and improved nutrition outcomes, contributing to DOST-FNRI’s vision of optimum nutrition for all Filipinos and a sustainable food future.

𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!

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