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Published in final edited form as: Food Nutr Bull. 2014 Dec;35(4 0):S198–S204. doi: 10.1177/15648265140354S306

TABLE 2.

Daily amounts of nutrients received by child study participants from the biscuit supplement

Nutrient	Age (yr)	Biscuit type
Nutrient	Age (yr)	Meat	Soybean^a	Wheat

Biscuit (g)	0.5–1.0	40	37	38
Biscuit (g)	1.1–8.0	80	74	76
Energy (kcal)	0.5–1.0	175	175	175
Energy (kcal)	1.1–8.0	350	350	350
Protein (g)	0.5–1.0	7	7	2.7
Protein (g)	1.1–8.0	14	14	5.4
ASF protein (g)	0.5–1.0	5.3	0	0
ASF protein (g)	1.1–8.0	10.6	0	0
Vitamin B₁₂ (μg)	0.5–1.0	0.44	0.05	0
Vitamin B₁₂ (μg)	1.1–8.0	0.88	0.10	0
Total iron (mg)	0.5–1.0	0.59	2.80	0.21
Total iron (mg)	1.1–8.0	1.20	5.60	0.42
Absorbable iron (mg)^b	0.5–1.0	0.09	0.14	0.02
Absorbable iron (mg)^b	1.1–8.0	0.18	0.28	0.04
Total zinc (mg)	0.5–1.0	0.60	0.43	0.12
Total zinc (mg)	1.1–8.0	1.20	0.86	0.24
Absorbable zinc (mg)^c	0.5–1.0	0.18	0.06	0.02
Absorbable zinc (mg)^c	1.1–8.0	0.36	0.13	0.04
Fiber (g)	0.5–1.0	0.40	3.50	0.50
Fiber (g)	1.1–8.0	0.80	6.93	1.07

ASF, animal-source foods

^a

Soybean biscuit phytate:iron ratio, 5.1; phytate:zinc ratio, 38.8.

^b

Absorbable iron: meat, 15%; soybean, 5%; wheat, 10%.

^c

Absorbable zinc: meat, 30%; soybean and wheat, 15%.