Matthews R H, Workman M Y
J Am Diet Assoc. 1978 Jan;72(1):27-30.
Nutrient content often varies somewhat among brands of baby foods today. Dinners, such as vegetables and meat, are higher today in moisture content than when Agriculture Handbook 8 was published in 1963. Modern processing techniques may account for this difference. To combat nutritional anemia, dry cereals, often the baby's first food other than milk or formula, are excellent sources of good-quality protein and iron, as well as of copper. Asorbic acid is often added to fruits and fruit juices to improve and standardize the product. In recent years, sodium in baby foods has been reduced, due to limited use of salt and monosodium glutamate. Trends indicate less sugar will be added to fruits and juices in the future. Variation in content of selected nutrients can be attributed to the proportion of ingredients in the mixture or the variety of vegetable or fruit selected by the baby food processor.
如今，不同品牌的婴儿食品营养成分往往略有差异。如今的晚餐类食品，如蔬菜和肉类，其水分含量比1963年《农业手册8》出版时更高。现代加工技术或许可以解释这种差异。为了对抗营养性贫血，干谷物通常是婴儿除牛奶或配方奶之外的第一种食物，是优质蛋白质、铁以及铜的优质来源。抗坏血酸常被添加到水果和果汁中以改善和规范产品。近年来，由于盐和味精的使用受限，婴儿食品中的钠含量有所降低。趋势表明，未来水果和果汁中添加的糖将会减少。所选营养成分含量的差异可归因于混合物中各成分的比例，或者婴儿食品加工商所选用蔬菜或水果的种类。
