Table 3.
Chemical composition (%) of milk formula for infants with age ranging from 1 to 3 years.
Brand | ||||||||||
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No. | Protein (%) | Fat (%) | CHO (%) | Energy (Kcal/100 g) | Lactose (%) | Total Solids (%) | Total non-fat solids (%) | Ca (mg/100 g) | Fe (mg/100 g) | Zn (mg/100 g) |
113 | 16.82b ± 0.71 | 19.71c ± 0.46 | 57.86a ± 0.59 | 476.11b ± 2.33 | 57.91a ± 1.24 | 102.31a ± 1.15 | 84.41a ± 0.94 | 641.71d ± 3.24 | 7.06c ± 0.67 | 3.21c ± 0.74 |
213 | 16.12b ± 0.58 | 17.53d ± 0.53 | 56.22b ± 0.71 | 447.12d ± 3.24 | 56.33b ± 1.24 | 97.82b ± 0.98 | 82.03b ± 0.57 | 739.73b ± 2.71 | 10.95a ± 0.49 | 6.81a ± 0.54 |
313 | 13.12c ± 0.48 | 22.91a ± 0.66 | 58.16a ± 0.77 | 491.31a ± 2.89 | 58.12a ± 1.24 | 101.92a ± 1.04 | 80.71c ± 0.81 | 698.22c ± 4.12 | 8.55b ± 0.77 | 5.70b ± 0.61 |
413 | 18.71a ± 0.39 | 21.32b ± 0.68 | 46.75c ± 0.53 | 453.73c ± 1.95 | 46.82c ± 1.24 | 96.33c ± 1.17 | 75.32d ± 0.39 | 910.72a ± 4.62 | 0.07d ± 0.02 | 0.43d ± 0.01 |
Values are means ± SD of three replicates. Mean values in a column with different superscripts (a, b, c) are significantly different at level p ≤ 0.05. CHO, carbohydrates. Brand No.: 1st digit (1, 2, ……., 4) is a serial number; digits 13 denote age 1–3 months.