Sensory Acceptability of Infant Cereals with Whole Grain in Infants and Young Children

In many countries, infant cereals are one of the first foods introduced during the complementary feeding stage. These cereals are usually made with refined cereal flours, even though several health benefits have been linked to the intake of whole grain cereals. Prior evidence suggests that food pref...

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Published in:Nutrients 2017-01, Vol.9 (1), p.65
Main Authors: Haro-Vicente, Juan Francisco, Bernal-Cava, Maria Jose, Lopez-Fernandez, Amparo, Ros-Berruezo, Gaspar, Bodenstab, Stefan, Sanchez-Siles, Luis Manuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceptability
Adult
Babies
Baby foods
Cereals
Child, Preschool
Children
complementary feeding
Consumer Behavior
Dietary fiber
Feeding
Female
Flour
Food Preferences
Foods, Specialized
Grain
Humans
Infant
infant cereals
Infant Formula - chemistry
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Infants
Male
Milk, Human
Olfaction
Parents
Smell
Taste
whole grain
Whole Grains - chemistry
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Summary:In many countries, infant cereals are one of the first foods introduced during the complementary feeding stage. These cereals are usually made with refined cereal flours, even though several health benefits have been linked to the intake of whole grain cereals. Prior evidence suggests that food preferences are developed at early stages of life, and may persist in later childhood and adulthood. Our aim was to test whether an infant cereal with 30% of whole grain was similarly accepted both by parents and infants in comparison to a similar cereal made from refined flour. A total of 81 infants between 4 and 24 months old were included in the study. Parent-infant pairs participated in an 8-day experimental study. Acceptance was rated on hedonic scales (4-points for infants and 7-points for parents). Other attributes like color, smell, and taste were evaluated by the parents. Acceptability for infant cereals with whole grain and refined cereals was very similar both for infants (2.30 ± 0.12 and 2.32 ± 0.11, = 0.606) and parents (6.1 ± 0.8 and 6.0 ± 0.9, = 0.494). Therefore, our findings show that there is an opportunity to introduce whole grain cereals to infants, including those who are already used to consuming refined infant cereals, thereby accelerating the exposure of whole grain in early life.
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu9010065