Phylloquinone (vitamin K1) content of commercially-available baby food products

The contents of phylloquinone (vitamin K1) were investigated in two batches of 62 commercially available baby food products, by HPLC. They comprised vegetable products for babies from 5, 8 and 12 months and fruit and cereal products of three different brands. Vitamin K1 was detected in all analyzed products. In vegetable products for babies from 5 months, the mean content of phylloquinone ranged from 30 to 100 μg/100 g, except for ‘Samples with spinach’, which provided 700 μg vitamin K1/100 g on average. Vegetable products for babies from 8 months and from 12 months showed similar values. In the group of fruit and cereal products, the contents of phylloquinone were lower and varied between 10 and 20 μg/100 g only, except for ‘Various cereals’ (46 μg/100 g). The analyzed baby food products are a very good source of phylloquinone and are therefore excellent as a supplement to breast milk.