The volume of ingested meals is based on the gastric
capacity of an infant (30 g/kg body weight/day) in accordance with
the Committee of Medical Aspect of food and nutrition policy
(COMA) Weaning and Weaning Diet report (1994). Furthermore,
the estimated milk consumption used in the standard menu is
600 mL, as advised by COMA for infants up to 12 months.
The RNI of vitamin A for infants is based on the amount present
in breast milk from well-nourished, healthy mothers, and is set at
350 lg/day for a 7–12 month old infant. The Department of Health
(DOH) also recommends that regular daily intakes of vitamin A
should not exceed 900 lg/day for infants.
From the standardised menu used in this