Table 4.

Summary of mothers' (n = 22) practices, perceptions of children's reactions to LNS‐20gM and beliefs after feeding LNS‐20gM to children in homes for 14 days

Mothers' practices, perceptions of children's reactions to LNS‐20gM and beliefs	Mothers (n = 22)*
Practices
Mixed supplement with porridge all or most of the time	82 (18)
Sometimes mixed supplement with other foods besides porridge	46 (10)
Infants consumed the entire portion of food + LNS‐20gM mixture offered ‘every time’	91 (20)
Amount (g) of LNS‐20gM consumed by child per day during 14‐day period – median (min, max)	19.3 (3.5, 29.6)
Perception of child's reactions
Infant likes taste	100 (22)
Infant likes odour	91 (20)
Hedonic response for child's overall degree of liking †
1 = ‘Dislike a lot'	5 (1)
4 = ‘Like a little’	14 (3)
5 = ‘Like a lot’	81 (18)
Infant had diarrhoea after consuming supplement	14 (3)
Beliefs
Positive health effect on child	55 (12)
Willing to feed LNS‐20gM to their infants in future	95 (21)

^* Values are % (n) except indicated.

^† Hedonic response: 1 = Dislike a lot, 2 = Dislike a little, 3 = Neither like nor dislike, 4 = Like a little, 5 = Like a lot.