Table 6.

Concentration of essential elements (Ca, P, Fe, Zn, Mg, K, Na, and Cu) in commercial infant foods determined by ICP‐OES (mean [n = 3] and CV, coefficient of variation)

	Brands	Ca (mg/100 g)		P (mg/100 g)		Fe (mg/100 g)		Zn (mg/100 g)		Mg (mg/100 g)		K (mg/100 g)		Na (mg/100 g)		Cu (mg/100 g)
		n (3)	CV	n (3)	CV	n (3)	CV	n (3)	CV	n (3)	CV	n (3)	CV	n (3)	CV	n (3)	CV
Meals	A	77.88	.04	58.09	.03	0.28	.10	0.35	.03	11.58	.01	128.78	.02	32.67	.01	0.04	.61
	B	109.01	.00	78.16	.02	0.12	.13	0.50	.03	9.05	.08	86.94	.02	72.93	.02	0.02	.00
	C	68.14	.02	55.27	.01	1.26	.03	0.42	.01	8.88	.01	78.01	.02	97.90	.02	0.03	.00
	D	88.09	.03	67.23	.02	1.20	.18	0.42	.00	13.22	.03	186.71	.03	72.53	.03	0.07	.11
	E	62.09	.03	64.91	.03	0.31	.00	0.42	.04	9.21	.02	76.39	.01	66.41	.00	0.05	.20
	F	87.50	.04	74.38	.06	0.16	.00	0.47	.03	10.91	.05	161.61	.04	76.35	.04	0.02	.50
	G	68.79	.03	54.90	.02	1.17	.10	0.37	.08	9.36	.01	80.72	.01	83.43	.02	0.02	.25
	H	35.46	.04	51.98	.02	0.79	.03	0.59	.03	13.10	.04	237.04	.04	37.48	.03	0.12	.06
	Mean	74.62		63.12		0.66		0.44		10.66		129.52		67.46		0.04
Snacks	S1	217.30	.01	247.62	.02	1.56	.03	1.74	.02	38.17	.02	161.03	.02	175.49	.02	0.42	.01
	S2	187.28	.03	196.35	.01	1.19	.06	0.97	.02	56.84	.01	287.37	.00	171.35	.01	0.16	.04
	S3	564.02	.01	77.72	.02	9.17	.06	0.76	.01	22.37	.02	147.50	.02	2.57	.19	0.11	.00
	S4	160.82	.04	109.63	.03	0.04	.20	0.61	.03	11.80	.03	134.46	.03	30.30	.05	0.02	.00
	Mean	282.35		157.83		2.99		1.02		32.29		182.59		94.93±		0.18
	BF	437.25	.02	322.26	.02	5.17	.02	2.15	.03	56.05	.02	532.63	.02	120.21	.03	0.19	.00