Table 4.

Median and range of concentrations of calcium, vitamins B₂, B₁₂ and D in fortified plant-based milk (per 100 ml), yoghurt, cheese and fish alternative products (per 100 g) that are fortified with each nutrient. Nutrient values for cow’s milk products and fish products are given for comparison

(Numbers and percentages; median values and range)

			Calcium				Vitamin B2				Vitamin B12				Vitamin D
				Concentration (mg/100 ml or g)				Concentration (mg/100 ml or g)				Concentration (µg/100 ml or g)				Concentration (µg/100 ml or g)
	Total products (n)	Total non-organic products (n)	Number fortified (n)	Median	Range	P value*	Number fortified (n)	Median	Range	P value*	Number fortified (n)	Median	Range	P value*	Number fortified (n)	Median	Range	P value*
Milk
Cow’s milk	NA	NA	NA	123†	102–133†	0·10	NA	0·22†	0·17–0·24†	<0·001	NA	0·80†	0·20–0·90†	<0·001	NA	0·10†	0·0–0·10†	<0·001
Milk alternatives	146	105	92	120	97–189		43	0·21	0·20–0·75		87	0·38	0·20–0·94		65	0·75	0·20–1·50
Yoghurt
Cow’s milk yoghurt	NA	NA	NA	140†	87–200†	0·01	NA	0·21†	0·13–0·37†	0·90	NA	0·30†	0·00–0·40†	<0·001	NA	0·10†	0·0–0·10†	<0·001
Yoghurt alternatives	76	70	51	120	55–240		14	0·21	0·21–0·24		31	0·38	0·30–0·42		34	0·75	0·6–2·00
Cheese
Cow’s milk cheese	NA	NA	NA	544†	76–1025†	<0·001	NA	0·39†	0·19–0·65†	NA	NA	1·20†	0·30–4·10†	<0·001	NA	0·20†	0·0–0·50†	<0·001
Cheese alternatives	67	66	36	185	150–736		0	NA‡	NA‡		17	2·24	0·38–2·70		2	0·98	0·75–1·20
Fish
Fish (white)  products	NA	NA	NA	51†	23–180†	NA	NA	0·08†	0·06–0·13†	NA	NA	1·40†	0·30–2·10†	NA	NA	0·25†	0·0–0·50†	NA
Fish alternatives	11	11	0	NA‡	NA‡		0	NA‡	NA‡		0	NA‡	NA‡		0	NA‡	NA‡

NA: not applicable.

^*Comparison of nutrient content of plant-based alternative with that of cow’s milk or fish product of the same category; P value from Mann–Whitney U test.

^† Values from UK food tables (see online Supplementary Table S2).; comparison only with white fish products as oily-fish alternative products were not identified in the market survey.

^‡Fortified values not available.