Table 1.
Mean nutrient composition and mean percentage contribution to nutrient requirements of the treatment and control snacks* (Mean values and standard deviations)
| Nutrient content | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy† (MJ) | Fe (mg) | RE (μg) | Vitamin C (mg) | Folate‡ (μg) | Vitamin B12 (μg) | |||||||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Treatment snacks (mean weight 65 g) | ||||||||||||
| Nutrient content per serving | 0·61 | 0·07 | 3·9 | 1·3 | 141 | 85 | 2·1 | 3·0 | 67·5 | 30·6 | 0·31 | 0·13 |
| Percentage of RNI§ per serving | 20 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||||||
| Control snacks (mean weight 36 g) | ||||||||||||
| Nutrient content per serving | 0·37 | 0·05 | 0·9 | 0·26 | 2 | 1 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 6·1 | 4·6 | 0·18 | 0·25 |
| Percentage of RNI§ per serving | 5 | < 1 | < 1 | 1 | 7 |
RE, retinol equivalents; RNI, reference nutrient intake.
*
Weighted average based on the number of days that the snacks were distributed over the study period.
†
Energy content was calculated from the Indian Food Composition Tables( 17 ).
‡
Total folate.
§
FAO/WHO-recommended reference nutrient intake during the first trimester of pregnancy( 5 ).