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. 2017 May 13;9(5):494. doi: 10.3390/nu9050494

Table 6.

Food sources of added sugar among Mexican infants, toddlers, and young children aged 0–47.9 months by age group from ENSANUT 2012.

Rank Age 0–5.9 Months Age 6–11.9 Months Age 12–23.9 Months Age 24–47.9 Months
Food Group % of Total Food Group % of Total Food Group % of Total Food Group % of Total
1 Yogurt 30.9 Cookies 26.3 Yogurt 14.9 Traditional beverages 12.0
2 Sweetened tea and coffee 14.9 Yogurt 21.6 Cookies 11.8 Carbonated sodas 11.5
3 Traditional beverages 13.1 Fruit-flavored drinks 7.5 Sweetened breads 10.4 Sweetened breads 10.3
4 Bread/rolls/biscuits/bagels 11.6 Sweetened breads 6.4 Traditional beverages 10.3 Yogurt 10.3
5 Mexican desserts 6.0 Ice cream/frozen yogurt/puddings 6.3 Fruit-flavored drinks 8.2 Cookies 7.7
6 Cookies 5.8 Traditional beverages 6.4 Sweetened tea and coffee 7.6 Cow’s milk 7.5
7 Fruit-flavored drinks 4.5 Candy 4.8 Carbonated sodas 5.6 Sweetened tea and coffee 6.8
8 Sweet breads 2.6 Bread/rolls/biscuits/bagels 2.3 Breakfast cereals 4.8 Fruit-flavored drinks 6.6
9 Carbonated sodas 2.6 Breakfast cereals 2.0 Candy 4.6 Candy 6.3
10 Canned fruit 1.8 Mexican desserts 1.9 100% fruit juice 3.6 Breakfast cereals 5.1
11 Preserves/jelly 1.8 Salty snacks 1.8 Cow’s milk 3.0 Ice cream/frozen yogurt/puddings 2.4
12 Ice cream, frozen yogurt, puddings 1.0 100% fruit juice 1.7 Cakes 2.0 100% fruit juice 1.9
13 Sweetened tea and coffee 1.7 Ice cream/frozen yogurt/puddings 1.8 Bread/rolls/biscuits/bagels 1.6
14 Carbonated sodas 1.5 Mexican desserts 1.7 Cakes 1.5
15 Canned fruit 1.4 Salty snacks 1.6 Yakult 1.5
16 Yakult 1.3 Yakult 1.2 Mexican desserts 1.2
17 Sugars 1.1 Bread/rolls/biscuits/bagels 1.1 Sandwiches & tortas 1.1
18 Artificially sweetened powdered beverage 1.0 Artificially sweetened powdered beverage 1.0
All food groups 96.6 96.0 95.2 95.3