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. 2016 Feb 9;60(0):10.3402/fnr.v60.30289. doi: 10.3402/fnr.v60.30289

Table 4.

Percentage of infants and young children consuming different types of fruits at least once a day in the Maternal Infant Nutrition Growth (MING) study

Age group

Food/food groups 6–8 months (n = 201) 9–11 months (n = 235) 12–14 months (n = 125) 15–17 months (n = 75) 18–20 months (n = 160) 21–23 months (n = 110) 24–29 months (n = 248) 30–35 months (n = 196)
Any fruit or juice 48 55 62 55 68 73 60 63
 Any fruit 46 53 60 52 67 73 59 63
Types of non-baby food fruits
 Canned fruit 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Any fresh fruit 46 53 59 52 66 72 59 62
 Any dried fruit 0 0 3 3 5 4 3 3
Types of fruita
 Apple 29 35 29 32 38 32 33 30
 Banana 12 14 17 15 19 12 13 14
 Citrus fruits 9 15 27 19 24 31 26 28
 Pear 4 2 6 5 6 10 7 8
 Grapes 3 3 2 4 4 5 2 0
 Kiwi 1 3 4 3 8 4 2 3
 Peach 2 2 2 5 3 2 1 2
 Melon 2 0 2 1 3 2 2 1
 Berriesb 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 1
 Othersc 2 3 4 5 4 6 6 7
Baby food fruits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
100% fruit juice
 Apple juice 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 1
 Orange juice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
a

Includes non-baby food fruits.

b

Includes strawberries, cherry, and mulberry.

c

Includes persimmon, pomegranate, longan, dragon fruits, jujube, pineapple, plum, litchi, and mango.