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. 2020 Feb 1;12(2):392. doi: 10.3390/nu12020392

Table 2.

Mean and distribution of nutrient intakes by consumer group for children aged one to two years, three to four years.

1 to 2 Years 3 to 4 Years
Reference Intake Mean and Distribution of Intakes Reference Intake Mean and Distribution of Intakes
M/F Mean SD a 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th M/F Mean SD a 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th
Energy (kcal) 1000/920 1 1350/1260
All 690.2 383.0 253.9 404.7 629.6 901.8 1236.5 All 915.1 395.0 455.6 616.1 860.5 1151.3 1459.5
YCM 798.4 377.4 343.3 492.1 774.8 1047.8 1347.2 PCM 1058.6 408.5 502.6 817.5 1011.8 1351.4 1538.4
Other milk 802.2 378.5 N.S. 380.3 532.8 741.1 1004.1 1338.4 Other milk 1031.2 392.1 N.S. 574.0 727.8 974.8 1265.1 1607.6
Non-dairy 543.3 338.1 * 175.0 290.4 474.2 727.9 989.8 Non-dairy 828.1 371.6 * 410.7 552.6 772.3 1036.0 1318.2
Protein (g) 15/14 18/17 1
All 22.3 14.6 6.6 11.6 19.7 30.0 40.6 All 28.8 14.8 12.6 18.3 26.2 36.6 47.1
YCM 24.6 13.3 9.6 14.9 22.9 33.8 42.4 PCM 34.8 18.8 16.9 22.3 33.8 42.8 50.2
Other milk 28.7 15.9 ǂ 11.8 17.4 25.5 36.7 50.1 Other milk 34.5 14.6 N.S. 18.8 24.2 32.0 42.8 54.6
Non-dairy 16.0 11.2 * 4.5 7.7 13.4 22.2 31.3 Non-dairy 24.7 12.7 * 11.0 15.3 22.6 31.2 41.8
Total fat (g) 25–35%E 15–30%E
All 19.0 15.9 2.8 7.0 14.9 27.1 40.8 All 21.1 16.7 4.4 9.0 16.6 29.1 44.0
YCM 25.8 16.4 6.7 13.3 23.6 35.3 45.6 PCM 34.2 19.5 12.9 21.2 29.6 44.8 58.6
Other milk 25.3 16.5 N.S. 8.1 13.5 20.9 33.1 48.3 Other milk 28.8 16.8 # 11.1 15.9 24.7 39.3 50.9
Non-dairy 10.3 9.8 * 1.3 3.4 7.5 14.0 22.1 Non-dairy 14.9 12.9 * 2.9 5.9 11.6 19.4 31.5
Carbohydrates (g) 50–69%E 55–79%E
All 107.4 58.5 40.3 66.4 97.4 139.8 185.1 All 152.6 66.0 77.9 104.5 143.7 190.8 240.7
YCM 116.5 54.2 53.6 76.1 110.0 152.8 188.3 PCM 153.2 62.7 80.0 114.6 142.9 189.5 237.7
Other milk 114.7 54.8 N.S. 56.0 75.6 102.1 141.4 189.4 Other milk 158.6 64.3 N.S. 85.3 110.2 149.3 195.0 248.6
Non-dairy 96.7 61.9 * 30.9 51.8 84.9 127.4 175.8 Non-dairy 148.9 67.2 N.S. 73.3 100.1 139.2 185.1 236.6
Fibre (g) 6–7 8–10
All 2.9 2.3 0.7 1.3 2.3 3.8 5.7 All 4.5 2.7 1.8 2.7 4.0 5.8 8.0
YCM 2.6 2.0 0.5 1.1 2.1 3.7 5.4 PCM 4.3 2.8 1.6 2.6 3.5 5.5 7.6
Other milk 2.8 2.0 N.S. 0.8 1.3 2.2 3.7 5.4 Other milk 4.4 2.6 N.S. 1.6 2.6 4.0 5.7 7.8
Non-dairy 3.1 2.5 # 0.8 1.5 2.4 3.9 6.1 Non-dairy 4.7 2.8 N.S. 1.9 2.7 4.0 5.8 8.2
Sodium (mg) 225 2 300 2
All 512.6 499.2 70.2 195.6 405.4 685.1 1036.2 All 686.5 590.8 125.7 290.5 553.0 923.1 1369.2
YCM 478.1 407.6 85.3 215.6 403.0 621.4 892.3 PCM 756.5 557.5 243.3 410.5 601.5 994.4 1435.9
Other milk 636.4 491.5 * 175.2 313.0 531.3 834.4 1160.5 Other milk 833.8 622.9 N.S. 256.5 427.6 687.4 1043.2 1527.3
Non-dairy 430.8 528.8 * 21.5 108.0 294.2 564.5 906.3 Non-dairy 590.9 556.3 * 83.4 215.1 443.2 794.2 1266.9
Calcium (mg) 440 440
All 374.6 428.2 36.6 82.5 209.6 518.2 947.5 All 283.1 275.6 73.5 116.7 199.2 342.8 572.3
YCM 622.3 534.3 57.3 204.7 510.2 890.5 1268.4 PCM 419.8 401.3 67.0 160.6 320.1 546.2 856.9
Other milk 540.1 425.2 N.S. 134.8 239.3 407.8 697.5 1111.9 Other milk 446.5 310.1 * 187.8 242.4 357.5 524.5 819.2
Non-dairy 111.5 94.9 * 20.2 44.1 86.6 156.1 220.8 Non-dairy 169.3 148.7 * 61.7 91.6 138.5 203.8 302.2
Phosphorus (mg) 380 405
All 395.7 304.2 99.6 183.4 318.9 516.7 788.0 All 460.4 241.2 199.9 289.4 416.2 582.7 768.4
YCM 407.6 282.6 90.6 206.1 343.1 595.6 800.8 PCM 501.6 275.8 176.0 298.6 487.4 641.1 890.1
Other milk 574.7 350.0 * 221.5 332.9 488.6 721.8 1074.3 Other milk 593.3 262.0 * 321.9 411.4 536.9 711.1 956.7
Non-dairy 245.1 163.1 * 69.3 123.0 214.8 328.7 456.8 Non-dairy 377.0 179.6 * 174.3 242.9 346.6 478.2 621.5
Iron (mg) 6.4/7.0 7.5/7.4
All 4.4 5.1 0.9 1.6 3.0 5.4 9.7 All 5.2 3.8 1.8 2.7 4.2 6.6 9.1
YCM 8.7 6.8 2.1 4.2 7.4 11.9 16.5 PCM 8.7 4.8 3.3 5.6 8.3 10.6 15.3
Other milk 3.4 4.7 * 1.0 1.5 2.6 4.0 6.1 Other milk 5.3 3.9 * 2.0 2.8 4.4 6.8 9.3
Non-dairy 3.0 2.4 * 0.6 1.3 2.4 4.3 6.1 Non-dairy 4.6 3.2 * 1.6 2.6 3.9 5.8 8.1
Magnesium (mg) 60/60 2 70/70 2
All 59.3 48.0 15.7 28.0 47.7 76.9 114.0 All 88.0 60.1 37.6 52.5 76.5 107.9 142.1
YCM 73.0 50.3 21.0 37.4 62.0 100.2 136.3 PCM 92.6 53.6 34.9 56.5 87.7 121.3 153.3
Other milk 56.7 53.4 * 16.3 26.0 41.9 68.6 109.2 Other milk 92.0 66.4 N.S. 34.7 52.4 75.8 111.0 154.7
Non-dairy 54.3 40.2 * 13.6 26.3 45.4 72.2 102.9 Non-dairy 85.0 56.8 N.S. 39.6 52.7 75.9 103.9 132.2
Potassium (mg) 1000 2 1400 2
All 481.2 400.3 118.1 218.1 370.4 605.1 994.8 All 627.3 396.4 252.8 357.1 536.5 795.8 1085.5
YCM 707.7 541.9 156.1 314.5 560.7 1051.0 1351.9 PCM 812.4 525.4 280.2 464.9 718.2 1042.5 1441.4
Other milk 471.0 355.3 * 164.7 247.1 380.1 567.8 840.6 Other milk 691.6 425.7 # 292.9 406.3 591.6 876.9 1145.8
Non-dairy 370.8 281.6 * 88.5 164.0 300.9 506.5 769.1 Non-dairy 565.3 342.2 * 239.2 339.8 477.1 704.8 975.8
Selenium (μg) 13.6/13.0 16.1/15.6
All 30.7 23.4 7.9 14.2 25.8 40.9 58.9 All 47.1 27.0 17.6 27.1 41.5 61.2 83.5
YCM 27.8 21.4 5.2 12.1 22.8 39.1 53.0 PCM 48.1 24.3 19.5 30.5 44.9 65.2 79.3
Other milk 33.7 24.3 * 10.9 16.9 27.6 43.0 62.4 Other milk 50.6 28.6 N.S. 20.0 30.5 44.6 65.1 87.8
Non-dairy 29.8 23.4 N.S. 7.2 13.3 24.1 39.9 59.0 Non-dairy 44.9 26.1 N.S. 16.5 25.9 39.6 58.7 79.6
Zinc (mg) 2.8/2.6 3.3/3.2
All 3.0 2.8 0.7 1.2 2.2 3.7 6.3 All 3.3 2.2 1.2 1.8 2.8 4.3 6.1
YCM 5.4 3.8 1.3 2.6 4.8 7.4 10.1 PCM 5.6 2.6 2.6 3.8 5.4 6.9 9.0
Other milk 2.7 1.8 * 1.0 1.5 2.3 3.5 4.8 Other milk 3.7 2.1 * 1.6 2.1 3.2 4.5 6.5
Non-dairy 1.9 1.8 * 0.4 0.8 1.4 2.5 3.7 Non-dairy 2.8 1.9 * 1.0 1.6 2.4 3.6 4.8
Thiamin (mg) 0.4/0.4 0.5/0.4
All 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.9 All 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.0
YCM 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 PCM 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1
Other milk 0.4 0.4 * 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 Other milk 0.6 0.4 * 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0
Non-dairy 0.3 0.3 * 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7 Non-dairy 0.4 0.3 * 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.9
Riboflavin (mg) 0.4/0.4 0.5/0.4
All 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.6 All 0.6 1.8 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.1
YCM 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.3 1.9 PCM 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2
Other milk 1.1 0.9 * 0.3 0.5 0.9 1.4 2.3 Other milk 1.1 3.1 * 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.7
Non-dairy 0.2 0.2 * 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 Non-dairy 0.4 0.3 * 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7
Niacin (mg) 5/5 5/5
All 5.8 4.1 1.5 2.7 4.9 7.9 11.2 All 8.4 5.1 3.3 5.0 7.4 10.7 14.4
YCM 7.9 4.5 2.7 4.6 7.2 10.3 14.2 PCM 10.7 5.0 4.8 6.8 10.7 14.0 16.5
Other milk 5.2 3.8 * 1.8 2.6 4.2 6.5 9.5 Other milk 8.6 6.1 * 3.4 5.2 7.5 10.4 14.4
Non-dairy 5.1 3.8 * 1.2 2.3 4.2 7.1 10.2 Non-dairy 7.9 4.3 * 3.1 4.8 7.1 10.2 13.7
Vitamin B6 (mg) 0.4/0.5 0.5/0.5
All 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.9 All 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.1
YCM 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.3 PCM 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.5
Other milk 0.4 0.5 * 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 Other milk 0.7 0.6 * 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.2
Non-dairy 0.4 0.3 * 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 Non-dairy 0.6 0.3 * 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0
Vitamin B12 (mg) 0.8/0.9 0.9/1.0
All 1.2 1.8 0.0 0.2 0.7 1.6 2.7 All 1.9 3.8 0.2 0.5 1.1 2.1 3.8
YCM 1.5 1.5 0.2 0.6 1.2 2.0 3.0 PCM 1.9 1.7 0.4 0.8 1.5 2.4 3.5
Other milk 1.2 2.2 * 0.0 0.2 0.7 1.5 2.9 Other milk 1.9 5.0 N.S. 0.2 0.5 1.2 2.1 3.8
Non-dairy 1.0 1.6 * 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.3 2.4 Non-dairy 1.8 3.2 # 0.1 0.4 1.0 2.1 4.0
Folate (μg) 120/120 160/160
All 101.1 106.4 12.6 31.3 69.0 133.4 232.8 All 126.6 104.8 24.6 53.2 99.7 167.8 263.3
YCM 184.1 153.9 36.7 66.6 140.0 266.1 388.5 PCM 212.7 131.1 75.3 121.2 180.2 292.4 404.0
Other milk 74.9 66.1 * 11.7 26.5 58.3 98.1 165.4 Other milk 115.9 89.1 * 26.6 52.2 93.1 158.9 234.4
Non-dairy 78.9 76.5 * 9.6 24.5 55.6 109.7 175.9 Non-dairy 121.5 104.5 * 22.1 48.4 95.0 158.5 255.2
Vitamin C (mg) 12/11 17/17
All 21.2 33.3 0.0 2.0 9.2 24.9 58.4 All 19.2 30.4 0.0 2.6 8.6 21.9 47.4
YCM 50.8 43.9 2.0 18.3 40.1 74.0 109.4 PCM 40.7 43.4 5.5 13.6 28.1 53.2 90.1
Other milk 14.2 18.2 * 2.0 4.4 9.4 16.8 28.7 Other milk 18.8 25.5 * 2.6 5.0 10.2 20.4 42.4
Non-dairy 11.4 26.8 * 0.0 0.0 3.4 13.0 29.6 Non-dairy 16.6 29.9 * 0.0 0.6 6.3 18.1 42.0
Vitamin D (μg) 5 3 5 3
All 2.1 3.7 0.0 0.1 0.8 2.5 5.9 All 1.7 2.3 0.0 0.3 1.1 2.2 4.1
YCM 5.9 5.1 0.6 2.3 4.8 8.1 12.4 PCM 4.3 3.6 1.3 2.1 3.3 5.2 8.1
Other milk 1.0 2.1 * 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.3 2.6 Other milk 1.4 1.5 * 0.0 0.3 1.0 2.0 3.3
Non-dairy 1.1 2.2 * 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.4 2.6 Non-dairy 1.5 2.3 * 0.0 0.3 0.9 1.9 3.6
Vitamin E (mg) 4 3 4 3
All 1.8 2.3 0.1 0.4 1.0 2.2 4.6 All 2.0 2.1 0.4 0.7 1.5 2.6 4.3
YCM 4.2 3.3 0.5 1.7 3.5 5.8 9.0 PCM 4.7 3.1 1.6 2.5 4.3 6.2 8.9
Other milk 1.2 1.5 * 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.4 2.5 Other milk 2 1.9 * 0.4 0.8 1.5 2.7 4.1
Non-dairy 1.1 1.1 * 0.1 0.3 0.8 1.5 2.6 Non-dairy 1.7 1.8 * 0.3 0.6 1.3 2.2 3.3

A represents test for significance between mean intakes of YCM/PCM consumers and Other milk consumers, and YCM/PCM consumers and Non-dairy consumers. N.S. non-significant; # p < 0.05; ǂ p <0.01; * p <0.001. M = Male; F = Female. 1 Recommended Energy Intake (REI); 2 Recommended Nutrient Intakes (RNI); 3 Adequate Intake (AI); Reference intakes w/o superscripts = EAR.