Editing Peanut (section)

=== Malnutrition ===
With their high protein concentration, peanuts are used to help fight [[malnutrition]]. [[Plumpy Nut]], MANA Nutrition,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=M. J. |date=2025-03-03 |title=USAID reinstates contracts for Georgia company that helps feed malnourished kids after Elon Musk responds to CNN reporting {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/03/politics/usaid-reinstates-contracts-for-georgia-company/index.html |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Raymond|first=Bret|title=Rwaza Health Centre: Efficacy Study Results|url=http://mananutrition.org/img/uploads/MANA-Report-final.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118120743/http://mananutrition.org/img/uploads/MANA-Report-final.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 18, 2012|website=mananutrition.org|publisher=MANA Nutrition|access-date=July 15, 2011}}</ref> and Medika Mamba<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> are high-protein, high-energy, and high-nutrient peanut-based pastes developed to be used as a therapeutic food to aid in [[famine relief]]. The [[World Health Organization]], [[UNICEF]], Project Peanut Butter, and [[Médecins Sans Frontières|Doctors Without Borders]] have used these products to help save malnourished children in [[developing countries]].

Peanuts can be used like other legumes and grains to make a [[lactose]]-free, [[milk]]-like beverage, [[peanut milk]], which is promoted in Africa as a way to reduce malnutrition among children.