What is "plumpy'nut"

Plumpy'Nut is a peanut-based paste in a plastic wrapper for treatment of severe acute malnutrition manufactured by a French company, Nutriset. Removing the need for hospitalization, the 92-gram packets of this paste can be administered at home and allow larger numbers to be treated.

Plumpy'Nut may be referred to in scientific literature as a Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) alongside other RUTFs such as F-100, a solid form of therapeutic milk.

Nutriset has come under criticism from Médecins Sans Frontières because of its enforcement of its patents for Plumpy'nut.