Nutribuns are breads fortified with nutrients. When they were first introduced in the philippines in the late ‘70s and ‘80s, the ingredients included whole wheat flour, yeast, and. It now provides free hot meals, nutritious food products and milk to students for the entire academic calendar (220 days) for the first time.
It also seeks to contribute to the early childhood care. The deped earlier said that students. The dswd of the philippines has forged partnerships with local government to implement the supplementary feeding program (sfp).
Malnutrition is still prevalent in the philippines. This set of guidelines is issued to guide the relevant units, officials and personnel of the deped in the implementation of the milk feeding program. The program is part of the dswd’s contribution to republic act 11037 or the “masustansyang pagkain para sa batang pilipino” act.