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. 2021 Mar 10;151(6):1581–1590. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab021

TABLE 4.

Minimum nutrient content (expressed as % of the RNIs) and cost of the sets of dietary advice modeled for 19- to 30-y-old Egyptian women, including or not including fortified foods (outputs of minimization analyses performed in module III)1

Nutrients modeled in Optifood, % of RNI
Calcium Iron Zinc Vitamin A Thiamin Riboflavin Niacin Vitamin B-6 Folate Vitamin B-12 Vitamin C Vitamin D Cost, EGP/d
Set of dietary advice based on locally consumed nonfortified foods only2 90 401 +3 + 571 + 70 75 601 + + + 22
Sets of dietary advice including 1 fortified food (number of servings per week)4
 Baladi bread (21) 96 621 + + 95 + 70 83 75 + + + 22
 Beans, cooked as fuul (7) 92 561 + + 65 + 78 76 65 + + + 21
 Rice (4) 86 85 + + 561,5 + 641,5 681,5 441,5 + + + 20
 Cheese spread (7) 97 451 + + 611 + 94 75 611 + + + 23
 Milk (10) 84 651 + + 571 + 75 77 601 + + + 19
 Yogurt, nonfortified + cereals, fortified (7) 89 511 + + 76 + 76 76 79 + + + 22
 Yogurt, multi-nutrient fortified (7) 85 611 + + 611 78 70 84 119 + + + 15
 Water (21) 95 631 94 + 591,6 + 581,6 75 601 + + + 21
1

The value is <70% of the RNI. RNI, Recommended Nutrient Intake.

2

The set of dietary advice modeled from consumed foods only (no fortified food) is as follows: vegetables (3 times/d); legumes, grains, and tahini (once per day for each); milk/yogurt and fruits (twice per day for each); Nile fish and red meat (twice per week for each); liver (once per week); and eggs (4 times/wk).

3

≥99% of the RNI.

4

The sets of dietary advice including fortified products could vary slightly from the one modeled with consumed food only, as detailed in Table 5.

5

The minimized values for thiamin, niacin, vitamin B-6, and folate for the set of dietary advice including fortified rice are lower than those for the set made of nonfortified foods only, presumably because of the removal of “legumes.” Legumes had to be removed because of the energy constraint.

6

The minimized values for thiamin and niacin for the set of dietary advice with fortified water are lower than those for the set made of nonfortified food only, because red meat was removed from this set of dietary advice.