Consumption analysis of carrot puree for babies

Abstract

Carrots are often one of baby's first food. They are easy to digest and also full of nutrients such as Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Calcium. In our questionnaire about carrot puree consumption replied 426 respondent and the answers are as follows: most trustworthy information dissemination tool when talking about baby's nutrition is books and leaflets (32,6%), while the least trusted tool is TV shows (0.2%). Talking about months, when did parents started to give carrot puree, almost half of them answered since 6 months. Also, parents often give carrots and other vegetables or fruits mix (98.8%), than only carrots puree (1.2%), often make puree by themselves (91.8%) than buy it in supermarket (8.2%). Moreover, half of parents grow carrots in their gardens (50.9%). Talking about bought puree, the biggest influence on buying decision is food composition (35.5%), organic product sign (25%), manufacturer (15.6) and others. Furthermore, 12% of parents have bought poor quality or expired puree. Summing up, we can see that in Lithuania parents guided by World Health Organization recommendations, which offers complementary feeding start at 6 months with small amounts of food and increase gradually as the child gets older and gradually increase food consistency and variety