Table 2 Frequency of food intake as part of complementary food mix by bitter-sensitive and bitter-insensitive infants
From: TAS2R38 bitter taste genotype is associated with complementary feeding behavior in infants
Food | Bitter-sensitive (n = 86) | Bitter-insensitive (n = 45) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Always (%) | Sometimes (%) | Never (%) | Always (%) | Sometimes (%) | Never (%) | |
Carrots | 77.7 | 21.1 | 1.2 | 82.2 | 17.8 | 0 |
Zucchini | 67.0 | 28.2 | 4.8 | 62.3 | 33.3 | 4.4 |
Pumpkins | 4.7 | 51.7 | 43.6 | 13.3 | 33.3 | 53.4 |
Brassicaceae | 2.4 | 44.7 | 52.9 | 8.9 | 35.6 | 55.5 |
Spinach/chard | 18.9 | 60 | 21.1 | 22.3 | 53.3 | 24.4 |
Potatoes | 61.2 | 34.1 | 4.7 | 64.4 | 33.3 | 2.3 |
Legumes | 3.5 | 58.9 | 37.6 | 4.4 | 46.7 | 48.9 |
Tomato | 0 | 4.7 | 95.3 | 0 | 6.7 | 93.3 |
Meat | 27.9 | 54.7 | 17.4 | 31.1 | 53.3 | 15.6 |
Fish | 9.3 | 54.7 | 36.0 | 8.9 | 51.1 | 40.0 |
Cereal | 23.5 | 41.6 | 34.9 | 20 | 43.3 | 36.7 |
Oil | 87.2 | 12.8 | 0 | 86.7 | 13.3 | 0 |
Parmesan | 66.3 | 32.6 | 1.1 | 75.6 | 22.2 | 2.2 |
Salt | 11.6 | 23.3 | 65.1 | 6.7 | 28.9 | 64.4 |
Sugar | 0 | 9.3 | 90.7 | 0 | 6.7 | 93.3 |