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Foods Most Consumed by Children

Pennsylvania componet of the Northeastern IPM Center

Foods most consumed by nursing and non-nursing infants less than 1 year old (starts with the highest)

  • Milk, non-fat solids
  • Apple juice
  • Fresh apples
  • Orange juice
  • Fresh pears
  • Milk, fat, solids
  • Fresh peaches
  • Carrots
  • Lean beef
  • Milk, sugar (lactose)
  • Fresh bananas
  • Milled rice
  • Succulent garden peas
  • Succulent green beans
  • Oats
  • Soybean oil
  • Coconut oil
  • Wheat flour

Other children's foods (source: unpublished EPA memo)

  • Sugar, corn
  • Sugar, beet
  • Winter squash
  • Grapes
  • Sweet potatoes
  • Tomatoes
  • Eggs
  • Water

Children ages 1-6 and 7-12 include the above plus:

  • Cantaloupe
  • Chicken
  • Pork
  • Green onions
  • Fish
  • Pop corn
  • Lettuce
  • Dry onions