Current and potential role of grain legumes on protein and micronutrient adequacy of the diet of rural Ghanaian infants and young children: using linear programming

Table 4 Evaluation of nutrient levels per target group for the minimised diets: the final set of selected food based recommendations (FBRs), the selected FBRs plus 1 serving per day groundnut, the selected FBRs plus 1 serving per day cowpea, the selected FBRs plus 1 serving per day soybean flour and the selected FBRs plus combination of groundnut, cowpea and soybean if possible within energy constraints^a

6-8 BF = breastfed children of 6-8 months, 9-11 BF = breastfed children of 9-11 months, 12-23 BF = breastfed children of 12-23 months, 12-23 NBF = non-breastfed children of 12-23 months, BF7 = average breastmilk 7 times per week (every day), DGLV = dark green leafy vegetables, Meat = meat, fish or egg food group, Nuts = nuts, seeds and unsweetened products sub food group, soy+gnt = soybean flour plus groundnut paste and soy+cow = soybean flour plus cowpea (tested with servings as stated above in table as individual addition). np = not possible within energy constraints
Bold values = Values below 100% RNI for the best-case scenario and values below 70% RNI for the worst-case scenario of the modelled diets and for average actual intake
Grey boxes = for each target group the final set of recommendations that achieved >70% of the RNI in the worst-case scenario for most nutrients but below the 75ht percentile of daily diet cost^aValues are expressed as percentage of recommended nutrient intakes (RNI)
^bTotal number of nutrients that are above 70% of RNI
^cTotal cost of modelled diet per day in Ghanaian Cedi’s (GH₵)
^dAverage actual intake = percentage RNI covered by average actual intake of target group
^eHighest servings per week possible within energy constraints
^fNot possible to combine all three legumes within energy constraints

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