Table 1.
(Sub)category proportions of foods fortified with vitamin D in the food supply for 2017 and 2020 (Slovenia).
| Food category | 2017 | 2020 | Two sample z-test for proportions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | VitD Cont. N | % (95% CI) | Sale-weighted proportion (%) | Average VitD Cont. (μg per 100 g or ml) | N | VitD cont. N | % (95% CI) | Sale-weighted proportion (%) | Average VitD cont. (μg per 100 g or ml) | p-value | |
| Beverages | 2,454 | 4 | 0.2 (0.0; 0.3) | 0.03 | 1.6 | 3,385 | 18 | 0.5 (0.3; 0.8) | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.02 |
| Bread and bakery products | 2,105 | 8 | 0.4 (0.2; 0.8) | 0.1 | 2.9 | 2,389 | 5 | 0.2 (0.0; 0.4) | / | * | ns |
| Cereal and cereal products | 1,854 | 21 | 1.1 (0.7; 1.7) | 1.0 | 4.3 | 2,196 | 30 | 1.4 (0.9; 1.9) | 0.8 | 4.2 | ns |
| – Breakfast cereals | 375 | 18 | 4.8 (2.6; 7.0) | 11.8 | 4.1 | 487 | 29 | 6.0 (3.9; 8.1) | 9.9 | 4.3 | ns |
| Confectionery | 2,213 | 2 | 0.1 (-0.0; 0.2) | 0.01 | * | 2,470 | 3 | 0.1 (0.0; 0.3) | / | 4.2 | ns |
| Dairy and imitates | 2,843 | 93 | 3.3 (2.6; 4.0) | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3,459 | 117 | 3.4 (2.8; 4.0) | 2.2 | 1.9 | ns |
| – Yogurt products | 806 | 39 | 4.8 (3.4; 6.3) | 4.4 | 1.1 | 911 | 39 | 4.3 (3.0; 5.6) | 5.4 | 1.3 | ns |
| – Flavored yogurt | 419 | 10 | 2.4 (0.9; 3.8) | 1.8 | 1.2 | 386 | 8 | 2.1 (0.7; 3.5) | 4.5 | 1.3 | ns |
| – Flavored y. drinks | 119 | 22 | 18.5 (11.5; 25.5) | 23.4 | 0.9 | 199 | 22 | 11.2 (6.7; 15.4) | 21.0 | 1.0 | 0.03 |
| – Plain yogurt | 235 | 0 | / | / | / | 284 | 1 | 0.7 (−0.3; 1.6) | / | 0.8 | ns |
| – Yogurt imitates | 33 | 7 | 21.2 (7.3; 35.2) | 31.2 | 1.5 | 42 | 8 | 19.1 (7.2; 30.9) | 33.3 | 1.1 | ns |
| – Milk | 114 | 4 | 3.5 (0.1; 6.9) | 0.4 | 0.8 | 155 | 7 | 4.5 (1.3; 7.8) | 0.3 | 0.9 | ns |
| – Milk imitates | 150 | 28 | 18.7 (12.4; 24.9) | 10.6 | 1.0 | 185 | 42 | 22.7 (16.7; 28.7) | 31.4 | 0.9 | ns |
| Edible oils; oil emulsions | 550 | 33 | 6.0 (4.2; 8.0) | 8.6 | 7.1 | 617 | 26 | 4.2 (2.6; 5.8) | 6.2 | 8.0 | ns |
| – Margarines | 62 | 33 | 53.2 (40.8; 65.7) | 70.5 | 7.1 | 53 | 25 | 47.2 (33.7; 60.6) | 65.8 | 8.1 | ns |
| Foods for spec. dietary use | 281 | 72 | 25.6 (16.6; 26.1) | 9.8 | 6.1 | 251 | 69 | 27.5 (22.0; 33.0) | 10.9 | 6.8 | ns |
| – Baby foods | 244 | 43 | 17.6 (12.8; 23.0) | 8.8 | 6.7 | 222 | 40 | 18.0(13.0; 23.1) | 10.5 | 7.7 | ns |
| – Infant formula | 15 | 15 | 100 | 100 | 9.3 | 20 | 20 | 100 | 100 | 13.3 | ns |
| – Weaning foods | 193 | 28 | 14.5 (9.5; 19.5) | 4.4 | 6.4 | 180 | 20 | 11.1 (6.5; 15.7) | 4.3 | 5.7 | ns |
| – Meal replacements | 37 | 29 | 78.4 (65.1; 91.6) | 58.0 | 5.5 | 29 | 29 | 100 | 100 | 5.9 | <0.01 |
| Sauces and spreads | 1,093 | 2 | 0.2 (-0.1; 0.4) | 0.03 | 4.5 | 1,298 | 3 | 0.2 (0.0; 0.8) | 0.5 | 1.5 | ns |
VitD, Vitamin D; VitD cont. N, number of vitamin D-containing food products; Data presented for food categories with at least one product with VitD in either the 2017 or 2020 dataset. 95% CI-95% confidence interval; N, number of all products; ns, not significant; na, not applicable;
*
data for VitD content was not available (VitD was declared only in the ingredients); / data not available.