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Design and preparation of market baskets of European Union commercial baby foods for the assessment of infant exposure to food chemicals and to their effects.

Abstract

The assessment of acute and chronic dietary exposure to contaminants in baby foods is needed to ensure healthy infant growth. Monthly European Union market baskets of commercial baby foods were designed for the first 9 months of life by the 'babyfood' study group of the CASCADE Network of Excellence for the specific purpose of assessing exposure to potentially toxic substances in infants fed with such foods. The present paper reports the different steps that led to the preparation of monthly pooled samples of commercial baby foods ('Infant formulae and follow-on formulae' and 'Other baby foods') that may constitute the extreme case of the diet for an infant who would not be breast fed at all. Several market baskets were generated for an 'average European Union infant' and for infants of four selected countries (Italy, Sweden, Spain, and the Slovakia), fed with either milk infant formulae, soy infant formulae or hypoallergenic infant formulae and weaned (at the fifth month) with commercial baby foods and beverages available on the European Union market. Market share data for 2007 for baby foods were used to design the baskets. Holding companies and the name of all their products were identified. Monthly diets for European Union infants were elaborated in terms of food categories (e.g. infant cereals) of typologies of products (e.g. infant cereals without gluten) and of a specific product. The number of baskets generated was 30 for 'Infant formulae and follow-on formulae' (including 62 products) and 13 for 'Other baby foods' (including 35 products). These market baskets were designed to be used for the determination of certain contaminants and nutrients in the diet of European Union infants and for the assessment of their effects on infant health.

Authors+Show Affiliations

National Research Institute on Food and Nutrition, Italy. piccinelli@inran.itNo affiliation info availableNo affiliation info availableNo affiliation info availableNo affiliation info availableNo affiliation info available

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

20635267

Citation

Piccinelli, R, et al. "Design and Preparation of Market Baskets of European Union Commercial Baby Foods for the Assessment of Infant Exposure to Food Chemicals and to Their Effects." Food Additives & Contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure & Risk Assessment, vol. 27, no. 10, 2010, pp. 1337-51.
Piccinelli R, Pandelova M, Le Donne C, et al. Design and preparation of market baskets of European Union commercial baby foods for the assessment of infant exposure to food chemicals and to their effects. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess. 2010;27(10):1337-51.
Piccinelli, R., Pandelova, M., Le Donne, C., Ferrari, M., Schramm, K. W., & Leclercq, C. (2010). Design and preparation of market baskets of European Union commercial baby foods for the assessment of infant exposure to food chemicals and to their effects. Food Additives & Contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure & Risk Assessment, 27(10), 1337-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2010.489913
Piccinelli R, et al. Design and Preparation of Market Baskets of European Union Commercial Baby Foods for the Assessment of Infant Exposure to Food Chemicals and to Their Effects. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess. 2010;27(10):1337-51. PubMed PMID: 20635267.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Design and preparation of market baskets of European Union commercial baby foods for the assessment of infant exposure to food chemicals and to their effects. AU - Piccinelli,R, AU - Pandelova,M, AU - Le Donne,C, AU - Ferrari,M, AU - Schramm,K-W, AU - Leclercq,C, PY - 2010/7/17/entrez PY - 2010/7/17/pubmed PY - 2010/12/16/medline SP - 1337 EP - 51 JF - Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment JO - Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess VL - 27 IS - 10 N2 - The assessment of acute and chronic dietary exposure to contaminants in baby foods is needed to ensure healthy infant growth. Monthly European Union market baskets of commercial baby foods were designed for the first 9 months of life by the 'babyfood' study group of the CASCADE Network of Excellence for the specific purpose of assessing exposure to potentially toxic substances in infants fed with such foods. The present paper reports the different steps that led to the preparation of monthly pooled samples of commercial baby foods ('Infant formulae and follow-on formulae' and 'Other baby foods') that may constitute the extreme case of the diet for an infant who would not be breast fed at all. Several market baskets were generated for an 'average European Union infant' and for infants of four selected countries (Italy, Sweden, Spain, and the Slovakia), fed with either milk infant formulae, soy infant formulae or hypoallergenic infant formulae and weaned (at the fifth month) with commercial baby foods and beverages available on the European Union market. Market share data for 2007 for baby foods were used to design the baskets. Holding companies and the name of all their products were identified. Monthly diets for European Union infants were elaborated in terms of food categories (e.g. infant cereals) of typologies of products (e.g. infant cereals without gluten) and of a specific product. The number of baskets generated was 30 for 'Infant formulae and follow-on formulae' (including 62 products) and 13 for 'Other baby foods' (including 35 products). These market baskets were designed to be used for the determination of certain contaminants and nutrients in the diet of European Union infants and for the assessment of their effects on infant health. SN - 1944-0057 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/20635267/Design_and_preparation_of_market_baskets_of_European_Union_commercial_baby_foods_for_the_assessment_of_infant_exposure_to_food_chemicals_and_to_their_effects_ L2 - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19440049.2010.489913 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -