ArticlePublic health nutrition2026
Development of NutVal version 5: a spreadsheet application for planning and monitoring humanitarian food assistance.
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objectiveTo develop a software application for planning and monitoring the nutritional content and cost of humanitarian food assistance, provided by food or cash transfers.
designDevelopment of software.
settingHumanitarian emergencies. SUBJECTS: Food rations or cash transfers provided to beneficiaries.
resultsNutVal v5 is an Excel application for the calculation of the macro- and micronutrient content of food assistance and comparison with the requirements of fourteen different population groups, including the population-averaged requirements, child and adult sub-groups, and people in detention. The criteria for nutrient inclusion and the calculation of population group requirements are presented. Market costs can be entered for the calculation of a cash-transfer equivalent value, and different food rations can be saved and compared over time.
conclusionsThe NutVal application has been widely used by humanitarian organisations to plan and monitor food transfers. The enhancements in version 5 should allow for its continued use in food assistance programmes where cash and voucher transfers are increasingly common.
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