PEDIATRICS Vol. 48 No. 6 December 1971, pp. 1001-1002
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Iron-Fortified Formulas, Cost Analysis (Continued)

Stanley E. Fisher M.D.1, Alexander C. Allen M.D.1, and L. J. Filer Jr. M.D.2

1 Department of Pediatrics, Magee Women's Hospital and University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
2 Committee on Nutrition

Although we agree fully with the principle of iron supplement, preferably added to the milk, issue must be taken with Dr. Filer's cost analysis (in Table I of the paper).1 There seems to be an error in addition: the total cost for evaporated milk plus iron and vitamin ACD drops should be $0.23 to $0.27, not $0.23 to $0.31. This means a savings over concentrated proprietary formulas of $0.06 per day, or about $22 per year.