Category: Mother & Baby

National surveys report that more than half of pregnant Indian women are anaemic — a gap with real consequences for mother and baby.

Food-first strategies matter: iron-rich millets like bajra, sprouted pulses, jaggery, and vitamin-C pairing to boost absorption. Fortification closes the remainder — which is why our Health Mix Power carries added iron and folate alongside its wholegrain base.

Always follow your doctor’s guidance on supplementation; use food as the foundation.

The tiffin test is brutal: it must be healthy, survive four hours in a bag, and actually get eaten.

Rotation ideas: millet cookies with fruit; roasted makhana mixed with peanuts and raisins; makhana bhel packed dry with a lemon wedge; pasta salad from our makhana pasta; and a paratha day, because balance includes joy.

Every Makhanza kids’ product is designed to be tiffin-stable — no refrigeration, no sogginess, no artificial colours.

Global health guidance, including from the WHO, recommends zero free sugars for children under two.

Early sugar exposure shapes taste preference for life, crowds out nutrient-dense calories, and seeds the risk of obesity and dental decay. Yet many commercial baby foods still sneak sweetness in.

Every Makhanza baby product is formulated with no added sugar and no added salt. Babies deserve real flavour — not training in sweetness.

Around 8 months, babies are ready for thicker, more textured foods — and a makhana-millet porridge is a superb step.

Makhana grinds into a smooth, easily digested flour with plant protein and minerals; millets add iron and calcium. Cook to a soft porridge with milk or water, and let baby explore the spoon.

Little Sprout was built for this stage: makhana, five millets and algal DHA, with no added sugar or salt — because babies do not need either.

Every culture has foods said to boost milk supply. What does research say?

The strongest evidence supports the basics: adequate calories, hydration, and frequent feeding matter far more than any single “miracle” food. That said, wholegrain, mineral-rich diets support maternal energy and recovery — the foundation good supply depends on.

Traditional Indian postpartum foods — millets, ghee-roasted seeds, jaggery, nuts — align remarkably well with that science. Our mothers’ range modernises them with measured fortification.

The weeks after delivery place enormous demands on a mother’s body: healing tissue, producing milk, recovering iron lost at birth.

Nutrition science points to a few consistent needs — iron and folate to rebuild blood, calcium for bone recovery and lactation, DHA for the baby’s developing brain via breast milk, and steady wholegrain energy.

Our Health Mix Power was formulated around exactly this checklist: makhana, five millets, sprouted pulses and nuts, fortified with algal DHA, iron, calcium and folate.