The adequacy of micronutrient concentrations in manufactured complementary foods from low-income countries

• Main Authors: Michelle Gibbs, Karl B. Bailey, Rebecca D. Lander, Umi Fahmida, Leah Perlas, Sonja Y. Hess, Cornelia U. Loechl, Pattanee Winichagoon, Rosalind S. Gibson
• Other Authors: University of Otago
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/11326
• Institution: Mahidol University

Iron, zinc, and calcium in complementary foods (CFs) are defined as problem micronutrients by the World Health Organization (WHO), as their concentrations in CFs fall below the calculated requirements for breast-fed infants of micronutrients obtained from CFs. Consequently, manufacturers often forti...