Nutritional Quality and Safety of Complementary Foods Developed from Blends of Staple Grains and Honey Bee Larvae (Apis mellifera)

Table 6

Minerals : phytate molar ratio in developed complementary foods and commercial wean mix.

Sample	Phytate : iron	Phytate : zinc	Phytate : calcium
ComF01	0.14	2.40	0.13
ComF02	0.03	0.50	0.02
Commercial wean mix	0.02	0.45	0.01
Limits	<1^α	<15^β	<0.24

ComF₀₁: complementary foods 01 (white maize+red teff+soybean); ComF₀₂: complementary foods 02 (white maize+red teff+insect bee larvae); commercial wean mix (Mama’s Choice); ^αsources: [71]; ^βsource: [72]; [73].