Food variety in commercial and homemade complementary meals for infants in Germany. Market survey and dietary practice

Mesch, Christina M.; Stimming, Madlen; Foterek, Kristina; Hilbig, Annett; Alexy, Ute; Kersting, Mathilde; Libuda, Lars

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2014.01.074

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“…It is possible that an increase in consumption of commercial infant foods may reduce the diversity of foods and tastes introduced during the weaning period. By way of example, a study of commercial infant food in Europe demonstrated that most meals were based on carrot [18] and a UK study indicated there is a lack of seafood based meals [19]. A longitudinal UK study reported that feeding home-cooked fruit or vegetables during infancy was associated with increased uptake and variety of fruit and vegetables eaten at the age of seven years, whereas feeding ready-prepared fruit and vegetables during infancy was not [20].…”

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A Qualitative Study of Mothers Perceptions of Weaning and the Use of Commercial Infant Food in the United Kingdom

Maslin¹,

Galvin

Shepherd

et al. 2015

Matern Pediatr Nutr

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Background: Commercially produced infant food has a different taste profile and nutritional content to homemade baby food and its consumption is now very widespread. This change in early food experience may lead to a reduced dietary variety and a decreased microbial load exposure.Objective: The purpose of this study was to gain insight into parental perceptions of complementary feeding, specifically opinions of commercially produced baby food, using qualitative research methods. Methods:Four focus group discussions took place (n = 24), with mothers of infants aged 4-7 months. Half of participants were first time mothers and a third had experience weaning infants with symptoms of cows' milk allergy. Participants were prompted with questions about complementary feeding and shown several different products to stimulate discussion.Results: Thematic analysis of focus groups indicated that three distinctive groups of mothers exist; "relaxed", "concerned" and "balanced", which may be influenced by parity, socioeconomic status and previous experience of weaning. The majority of mothers commenced the weaning process using homemade foods, but transitioned to include commercial baby foods after 3-6 weeks. Commercial baby food was perceived as more convenient to homemade baby food by the majority and as superior and "safer" by some mothers. Although there were concerns raised about the identity of ingredients, few concerns were expressed regarding nutritional quality or allergen content, even by mothers with experience of weaning an infant with food allergic symptoms. Conclusion:Overall complementary feeding was viewed as a natural process with the goal of enjoyment of food and development of a broad palate. Opinions on readymade baby food were influenced by parity, education level and previous experience of weaning.

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A Qualitative Study of Mothers Perceptions of Weaning and the Use of Commercial Infant Food in the United Kingdom

Maslin¹,

Galvin

Shepherd

et al. 2015

Matern Pediatr Nutr

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“…In Germany, commercial complementary food is common: 55% of 6 to 12-month old infants consume commercial complementary food instead of homemade meals and 60% consume the vegetable-potato-meat meal in the form of commercial jars (Mesch et al, 2014).…”

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Meat and Meat Product Consumption among Infants in Latvia

Širina

Strēle

Siksna

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.

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“…Lebensmonat [14] scheint gleichzeitig günstige Voraussetzungen für neue sensorische Erfahrungen zu bieten. In diesem Alter akzeptieren Kinder unbekannte Lebensmittel leicht und lehnen saure sowie bittere Lebensmittel nicht per se ab [7, 15,23].…”

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“…Selbstherstellung der Beikost lässt eine größere geschmackliche Variation erwarten. In der Praxis ist die Gemüsevariation bei Selbstherstellung der Beikost allerdings ähnlich gering wie im Angebot kommerzieller Gläschenkost [23].…”

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Säuglingsernährung und Geschmacksprägung

Kersting

Hilbig

Disse

2015

Monatsschr Kinderheilkd

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Einfluss früher sensorischer Erfahrungen auf die kindliche ErnährungFür Kinder ist der Geschmack das Wichtigste beim Essen. Schon bei Säuglingen sind die allgemeinen Geschmackspräferenzen für süß und salzig sowie Aversionen gegen bitter erkennbar. Sie stehen allerdings im Widerspruch zu den Empfehlungen für eine gesunde Ernährung von Anfang an. Deshalb stellt sich die Frage, ob und ggf. wie geschmackliche Prädis-positionen im Sinne wünschenswer-ter Lebensmittelpräferenzen schon früh gesteuert werden können.

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Food variety in commercial and homemade complementary meals for infants in Germany. Market survey and dietary practice

Cited by 43 publications

References 50 publications

A Qualitative Study of Mothers Perceptions of Weaning and the Use of Commercial Infant Food in the United Kingdom

A Qualitative Study of Mothers Perceptions of Weaning and the Use of Commercial Infant Food in the United Kingdom

Meat and Meat Product Consumption among Infants in Latvia

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