Table 3.
Top Vegetables Consumed by Age Range in Mean grams Per Capita: FITS 2016 *.
| 6–8.9 Months (Mean 7.6 ± 0.9 Months) Mean g/Capita/Day n = 468 |
9–11.9 Months (Mean 10.5 ± 0.9 Months) Mean g/Capita/Day n = 434 |
12–23.9 Months (Mean 16.9 ± 3.3 Months) Mean g/Capita/Day n = 1133 |
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| Total vegetables mean g/capita/day | 76 g | 73 g | 64 g | |||
| Vegetables | Baby Food | Non-Baby food | Baby Food | Non-Baby food | Baby Food | Non-Baby food |
| Sweet potatoes/mixtures | 14 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Carrots/mixtures | 10 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Squash/mixtures + | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Peas/Mixtures | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 |
| Green Beans/mixtures | 10 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 6 |
| White potatoes | -- | 6 | -- | 9 | -- | 20 |
| Corn/mixtures | 2 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 4 |
| Tomatoes | -- | 5 | ||||
| Broccoli | 0.2 | 5 | ||||
| % of total vegetable | 86% | 83% | 82% | |||
* Grayed out boxes indicate a vegetable was not counted toward the top 80% of vegetables consumed in that age group. -- indicates these vegetables are not a predominant ingredient in baby foods. Mixtures have more than then one ingredient and are categorized by the most prominent ingredient. + Squash (all types) includes summer squash, zucchini, butternut squash, acorn squash.