PEDIATRICS Vol. 26 No. 4 October 1960, pp. 679-683
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THE VITAMIN B6 CONTENT OF INFANT FOODS

Norman A. Hurley M.S.1 and Robert A. Stewart Ph.D.1

1 Research Department, Gerber Products Company

Ten infant formulas (7 of which were commercial preparations and 3 were milk, evaporated and fresh pasteurized), 81 strained and junior baby food items (including soups, meats, high meat dinners, vegetables, fruits, desserts and juices), and 5 cereal products for infants were studied for the vitamin B6 content.

No appreciable differences were found between the vitamin B6 content of baby foods packed in three geographically-separated areas of the United States.

Normal servings of baby foods, sufficient to satisfy the average caloric requirement of infants, appear to furnish upwards of 200% of the amount of vitamin B6 that has been estimated to be essential for precluding the biologico-chemical evidences of deficiency. This same observation has been made for the 10 milk and milk-substitute formulas evaluated.