TABLE 7.
Estimated apparent intake of different formulations of multiple micronutrient-fortified bouillon cubes over the 2-wk in-home acceptability trial period1
| Variable | Bouillon cube formulation2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Upper-level” | “Lower-level” | Control | P-value3 | |
| Participants, n | 26 | 28 | 27 | |
| Two-week estimate of apparent bouillon intake | ||||
| Apparent household intake of bouillon, g/d | 42.9 (30.7, 65.0) | 43.6 (35.0, 60.0) | 42.9 (32.1, 81.4) | 0.50 |
| Apparent household intake of bouillon, g/capita/d | 4.1 (3.0, 5.8) | 3.6 (2.6, 4.8) | 3.3 (2.5, 6.3) | 0.91 |
| Apparent household intake of bouillon, g/AME/d | 5.5 (4.4, 8.9) | 5.0 (3.8, 7.0) | 4.9 (3.6, 8.0) | 0.72 |
| Apparent intake of bouillon by WRA4, g/d | 5.0 (3.5, 7.0) | 3.9 (3.2, 6.1) | 4.3 (2.7, 6.2) | 0.50 |
| Apparent intake of bouillon by children 2-5y4, g/d | 2.4 (1.9, 3.6) | 1.8 (1.2, 2.5) | 2.1 (1.5, 3.3) | 0.59 |
AME, adult male equivalent; WRA, women of reproductive age.
Value median (IQR). “Upper-level” multiple micronutrient fortified bouillon cubes were fortified with vitamin A (200 μg RE/g), folic acid (80 μg/g), vitamin B12 (1.2 μg/g), iron (4 mg/g), zinc (3 mg/g), and iodine (30 μg/g). “Lower-level” multiple micronutrient fortified bouillon cubes were fortified with vitamin A (96 μg RE/g), folic acid (28.8 μg/g), vitamin B12 (0.288 μg/g), iron (1.3 mg/g), zinc (1.68 mg/g), and iodine (30 μg/g). The control bouillon cube was fortified with iodine (30 μg/g) only.
P values from modified Poisson regression.
Apparent intake of bouillon by WRA and children 2-5y (g/d) was calculated using the AME method as follows: (age/sex-specific AME)/(total household AME) x apparent household intake of bouillon (g/d).