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===== '''Plumpy'Nut''' is a [[peanut]]-based paste, packaged in a aluminium wrapper [23], for treatment of [[malnutrition|severe acute malnutrition]]. Plumpy'Nut is manufactured by [[Nutriset]], a French company.<ref name="off">{{Cite web |title=Plumpy'Nut®: Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) |publisher=Nutriset |url=http://www.nutriset.fr/en/product-range/produit-par-produit/plumpynut-ready-to-use-therapeutic-food-rutf.html |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930141832/http://www.nutriset.fr/en/product-range/produit-par-produit/plumpynut-ready-to-use-therapeutic-food-rutf.html |archive-date=30 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Rice |title=The Peanut Solution |work=[[The New York Times Magazine|New York Times Magazine]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/magazine/05Plumpy-t.html |date=2 September 2010 |access-date=2 September 2010}}</ref> Feeding with the {{convert|92|g|oz|frac=4|adj=on}} packets of this paste reduces the need for hospitalization. It can be administered at home, allowing more people to be treated.<ref name="off" /> =====

Plumpy'Nut may be referred to in scientific literature as a [[Therapeutic food#Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food|Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food]] (RUTF) alongside other RUTFs such as BP100.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BP-100™ RUTF Therapeutic food |publisher=Compact for Life |url=http://www.compactforlife.com/bp-100-rutf/ |access-date=10 April 2012 |archive-date=28 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328130326/http://www.compactforlife.com/bp-100-rutf/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>