Table 1.

Nutrients provided in 70 g Shadameen for children, in comparison to World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization (WHO/FAO) Recommended Nutrient Intakes (RNI)(16)

Nutrient	Unit	Shadameen	WHO/ FAO RNI
			7–12month	12–36months
Dry mass of supplementary food	gr	67.69
Moisture	gr	2.3	-	-
Energy	kcal	272.63	-	-
Protein	gr	9.73	10.5	11.9
Fat	gr	1.75	35%energy1	25–35% energy1
Carbohydrate	gr	8.05	-	-
Dietary fiber	gr	0.93	-	-
Vitamin A	mg	0.148	400	400
Vitamin B1	mg	1.54	0.3	0.5
Vitamin B2	mg	0.14	0.4	0.5
Vitamin B3	mg	0	4	6
Vitamin B6	mg	4.2	0.3	0.5
Vitamin B12	mg	0	0.7	0.9
Vitamin C	mg	27.16	30	30
Vitamin D	mg	0.282	5	5
Vitamin E	mg	0.009	2.7	5
Calcium	mg	39.48	400	500
Iodine	mg	0	90	90
Iron	mg	3.5	18.62	11.62
Magnesium	mg	45.08	54	60
Phosphorus	mg	147.35	-	-
Potassium	mg	119.63	-	35103
Selenium	μg	0.0004	10	17
Zinc	mg	3.36	8.444	8.344

¹Gradual reduction from 40–60% E in o-6 months, depending on physical activity, to 35% E in 6–24 m0nths and 25–35% E in 2–18 years (17);

²RNI for an assumed bioavailability of 5%;

³Recomended for children more than 2 years of age (18);

⁴RNI for low bioavailability