Breastfed and mixed fed infants who do not consume infant cereal are at risk for inadequate iron intake:data from the feeding infants and toddlers study 2016, a cross-sectional survey

Table 2 Ranked Sources of Iron among breastfed and mixed fed cereal consumers and non-consumers (6–11.9 Months)^a

Rank	Breastfed				Mixed Fed
	Cereal Consumer n = 106 Mean Iron Intake = 10.6 mg		Non-Consumer n = 190 Mean Iron Intake = 2.3 mg		Cereal Consumer n = 61 Mean Iron Intake = 14.1 mg		Non-Consumer n = 41 Mean Iron Intake = 6.1 mg
	Iron Source	%	Iron Source	%	Iron Source	%	Iron Source	%
1	Grains	83	Grains	43	Grains	59	Milk	74
	Infant Cereal	75	Family Cereal	23	Infant Cereal	54	Infant Formula	72
	Family Cereal	4	Baby Grain FF	8	Baby Grain FF	2	Human Milk	2
	Baby Grain FF	2	Puffs	5	Family Cereal	2
			Crackers	3
			Pancake/Waffle	4
			Pasta/Rice	3
			Bread/Rolls	2
			Crackers/Pretzels	2
2	Vegetables	5	Vegetables	13	Milk	33	Vegetables	7
	Baby Vegetables	3	Baby Vegetables	7	Infant Formula	31	Baby Vegetables	5
	Vegetables	2	Vegetables	6			Mixed Vegetable	3
3	Fruit	4	Meat/Proteins	12	Vegetables	4	Grains	7
	Baby Fruit	2	Meats	6	Baby Vegetables	3	Baby Grain FF	3
			Chicken/Turkey	3			Puffs	3
			Non-Meat Protein	6
			Eggs	3
			Beans/Legumes	2
4	Meat/Proteins	2	Fruit	10	Fruit	3	Fruit	4
			Baby Fruit	6	Baby Fruit	2	Baby Fruit	3
			Apples/apple mix Fruit	3 4
5	Mixed Dishes	2	Milk Human Milk	9 7	Meat/Proteins	1	Meat/Proteins	4

FF Finger Foods
^aMay not add up to 100% because table only includes sources of iron contributing at least 2% of iron to the total intake

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