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Iron Fortification of Infant Foods

A Decade of Change

Jane Mitchell Rees, MS, RD

CDMRC WJ-10, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

Elaine R. Monsen, PhD, RD

From the Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, and Comell University, Ithaca, New York.

Judith E. Merrill

From the Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, and Comell University, Ithaca, New York.

A survey of iron-fortified commercial foods commonly marketed for consumption by infants was conducted in 1972 and again in 1982. Positive changes had occurred in infant formulas and cereals during that decade, in availability of fortifying iron, level of fortification, and label infor mation. Miscellaneous iron-containing products, cookies, and crackers were unreliable sources of dietary iron in both 1972 and 1982. Availability of fortifying iron in regular cereals had improved by 1982, though 10 percent lacked the label information. Fortified infant formulas and cereals contribute iron of high bioavailability to the typical infant diet in amounts equal to the USRDA. Food manufacturers need to continue to apply knowledge gained through research to sustain the lessened but still highly prevalent incidence of anemia in 1-2-year old children.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 24, No. 12, 707-710 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/000992288502401207
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