New Training PowerPoint Available for NutVal v5

New Training PowerPoint Available for NutVal v5

09 July 2026

A new Power Point training presentation on using NutVal 5 is now available in English. This is designed to be used for either self-learning or for group training sessions. This is available from the downloads page. Updated instructions on how to adjust Excel security settings have also been added to try and make the set up process smoother. Please do remember to consider whether to reset security settings to their highest level when not using NutVal.

Paper Published on Development of NutVal 5

Paper Published on Development of NutVal 5

09 July 2026

The development and maintenance of NutVal software has been a long term project, starting in the 1990s after UNHCR developed the first version (NutVal-H). The latest version is 5.2 and I am pleased to be finally publishing a paper describing its development. The paper also describes some of the challenges involved in using the currently available nutritional requirement and content data, and the various extrapolations and assumptions that had to be made during the design process. Hopefully it will be of some interest and useful for users.

Development of NutVal 5: A Spreadsheet Application for Planning and Monitoring Humanitarian Food Assistance

NutVal 5.2

NutVal 5.2

29th June 2026

NutVal is available to download again after a brief hiatus. NutVal 5.2 has been released as a minor update to 5.1. It contains a bug fix for the CVA calculator. 

Please keep feeding back on any issues that you encounter and any new features that would make your work easier. Something we all need in the current circumstances!