Types of fruits and vegetables used in commercial baby foods and their contribution to sugar content

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 838-847

  Garcia, Ada Lizbeth ^a   McLean, Kimberley ^a   Wright, Charlotte M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complementary foods; fruit sugars; processed baby foods

Indexed keywords

SUGAR; NUTRITIVE SWEETENER;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BANANA; CARROT; CHILD NUTRITION; FRUIT; HUMAN; MANGO; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEET POTATO; TASTE; TOMATO; VEGETABLE; ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE; INFANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; LINEAR MODELS; NUTRITIVE SWEETENERS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; TASTE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84939856915     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12208     Document Type: Article

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