OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of, and mothers’ self-reported reasons for, introducing solid foods to infants earlier than recommended (aged ,4 months) and the variation in reasons for early introduction by milk feeding type. METHODS: The study included 1334 mothers who participated in the national longitudinal Infant Feeding Practices Study II (2005–2007). Monthly 7-day food-frequency qu...

A reliable and cost-effective electrochemical method for the detection of deoxynivalenol (DON) in cereals and cereal-based food samples based on the use of a novel anti-DON Fab fragment is presented. The analytical system employed, Enzyme-Linked-Immunomagnetic-Electrochemical (ELIME) assay, is based on the use of immunomagnetic beads (IMBs) coupled with eight magnetized screen-printed electrode...

Weaning--the transition from milk to solid food--influences life-long health. Dietary challenges during weaning include providing sufficient critical nutrients such as iron with minimal added sugar and fat and no added salt. This study assessed the inclusion of iron-containing red meat in infant diets before age one year, and the Irish commercial baby food environment. Of mothers with an infant...

background and objectives evaluation of protein quality in food is of great importance due to the biological and economical impacts of food proteins. this study has been conducted with the aim of comparing the protein quality of homemade food (mixture of macaroni and soy bean) with commercial baby food (cerelac wheat) using casein as the refference point.   methods this study was conducted on 6...

Eight years have elapsed since the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) prevented the merger of the formerly number two and number three baby food manufacturers in the U.S. Since the abandoned merger, the landscape of the baby food industry has significantly evolved. All of the major brands of jarred baby food have experienced changes in ownership. The product market may have slightly broadened beyon...

In this work, a correlation study of monoclonal antibody-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and a liquid chromatography–electrospray mass spectrometric (HPLC/ESI/MS/MS) method for the determination of N-methylcarbamate insecticides carbofuran, carbaryl and methiocarb in fruit baby food is presented. The comparison of performance characteristics of the two methods was carried out ...