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{{Short description|Central American supranational institution}}
{{Infobox organization
| formation           = 1947<ref name=vdb />
| image               = Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá (INCAP).jpg
| alt                 = Photo of the front of the INCAP headquarters in Guatemala City, with a mosaic of people with different kinds of food
| caption             = Headquarters
| abbreviation        = INCAP
| headquarters        = {{Flagicon|GTM}} Guatemala City, Guatemala
| region              = The 8 SICA member states: Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama<ref>{{Cite web|title=República Dominicana|url=http://www.incap.int/index.php/es/component/tags/tag/republica-dominicana|access-date=2021-11-02|website=www.incap.int}}</ref>
| leader_title        = Director
| leader_name         = José Renán De León Cáceres (2020–24)<ref>{{Cite web|title=José Renán De León Cáceres|url=https://www.sica.int/Titulares/TitularDetail/318|access-date=2021-11-02|website=[[Central American Integration System|SICA]]|language=es-sv}}</ref>
| website             = {{URL|www.incap.int}}
}}
'''The Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama''', short '''INCAP''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: {{Lang|es|Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá}}) is a supranational institution of the [[Central American Integration System]] (SICA).<ref name="vdb">{{Cite web|title=Institute of Nutrition of Central American and Panama (INCAP)|url=https://www.vumc.org/vecd/institute-nutrition-central-american-and-panama-incap|access-date=2021-11-02|website=[[Vanderbilt University]] Medical Center|archive-date=2021-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102163736/https://www.vumc.org/vecd/institute-nutrition-central-american-and-panama-incap|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In the 1960s, INCAP developed a plant-based drink called Incaparina, made from maize, cottonseed flour and soya bean flour and fortified with vitamins [[Vitamin A|A]], [[Thiamine|B<sub>1</sub>]], [[Riboflavin|B<sub>2</sub>]], [[Niacin (substance)|B<sub>3</sub>]], [[calcium]], [[zinc]], [[phosphorus]], and [[lysine]] (a protein).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tartanac|first=Florence|date=2000-01-01|title=Incaparina and Other Incaparina-Based Foods: Experience of INCAP in Central America|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/156482650002100108|journal=Food and Nutrition Bulletin|language=en|volume=21|issue=1|pages=49–54|doi=10.1177/156482650002100108|s2cid=88098599 |issn=0379-5721}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wise|first=Robert P.|date=1980-04-01|title=The case of Incaparina in Guatemala|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/156482658000200202|journal=Food and Nutrition Bulletin|language=en|volume=2|issue=2|pages=1–7|doi=10.1177/156482658000200202|s2cid=79472972 |issn=0379-5721}}</ref>
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