Table 1 summarizes the nitrate and nitrite content of the eighteen different baby food samples (n = 6) analyzed by FIA. All nitrate and nitrite values are expressed in mg kg1 (w/w). The nitrate contents in the baby food samples studied ranged from 8.00 to 220.67 mg kg1 . The nitrite was detected only in vegetable based baby food matrices and ranged from 0.44 to 3.67 mg kg1 . In majority of the samples studied, the nitrite was below the detection limit. The average nitrate and nitrite content in the measured samples were 48.66 mg kg1 and 1.28 mg kg1 respectively. The four brands (A, B, C and D) had average nitrate content of 9.48, 33.77, 12.16 and 171.89 mg kg1 respectively.