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Below is a short sample of foods from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Nutrient Database website (ods.od.nih.gov/pubs/usdandb/Iron-Content.pdf) that lists the iron content of hundreds of different foods. Below the list is a nutrition label from the fictional Mother Nature’s Prenatal Supplements. Use the USDA list (this abbreviated one as well as the one on the USDA website) and the nutrition label to answer the questions that follow.
Food Serving Size Iron (mg/serving)
Beef spleen 3 oz 33
Raw soybeans 1 cup 29
Raw goose liver 1 liver 29
Fortified cereals 1 cup 18
Raw pigeon meat 1 pigeon 11
Raw black beans 1 cup 10
Turkey breast 1 breast 8
Dry roasted cashews 1 cup 8
Cooked spinach 1 cup 6
Boiled kidney beans 1 cup 5
Baked potato 1 potato 4
Raw spinach 1 cup 3
Which statements are true?
Cereals are fortified with iron in amounts that equal the RDA per serving during pregnancy.
A pregnant woman could obtain the recommended amount of iron by eating two servings of cooked spinach every day.
A pregnant woman could obtain the recommended amount of iron by eating one beef spleen every day.
How much of the RDA of iron during pregnancy does the Mother Nature’s Prenatal Supplement contain?
50%
150%
100%

 
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