TABLE 3.

Iron intake requirements, iron content of formula and estimated intake: young children (6–24 mo old) in the United States and Europe

Source	Requirements, mg/d	Marketed formula, mg/100 kcal	Approximate mean intake, mg/d
6–12 mo
United States	6.9/111	1.82	173,4
Europe	7.8–11.02	0.8 (range 0.6–1.2)2	6–105
12–24 mo
United States	3.0/7.01	1.82	103
Europe	5.8–9.02	0.8 (range 0.6–1.2)2	5–95

¹Institute of Medicine Food Nutrition Board (6).

²Domellöf et al. (17).

³Food and Nutrition Board (18).

⁴Percentage > upper level = 1.3 (18).

⁵Eussen et al. (19).