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Concentration of Selected Vitamins in Infant Milks Available in Spain
Author(s) -
AlbalauHurtado S.,
VecianaNogués M.T.,
VidalCarou M.C.,
Font A. Mariné
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2001.tb16103.x
Subject(s) - vitamin , food science , legislation , infant formula , business , chemistry , zoology , biology , political science , biochemistry , law
Vitamins A, E, and those of the B complex were determined in 59 standard and 11 specialized infant milks from the Spanish market. Water‐soluble vitamin levels were lower than those declared by manufacturers in 50% of the standard infant milk products. Vitamin A ranged from 58.8 μg/100mL to 170.9 μ/100mL and vitamin E from 0.8 mg/100mL to 3.3 mg/100ml. Most of the samples had a higher vitamin A content than that stated by the manufacturer, and 13% and 42% of them exceeded the Spanish legislation and the ESPGAN recommendation levels respectively. Vitamin E levels were between 2 and 10 times higher than the minimum established by these organizations and in general were over the declared level.