Aside from the 6-24 month age group bracket, can Sprinkles be used in infants younger than 6 months of age, older children, adolescents, adults and pregnant women?
Sprinkles was originally developed for infants and young children between 6-24 months of age. Infants and young children cannot safely ingest tablets or pills. Syrups and drops have been used for many years, but compliance has been documented to be poor (for iron) because of the strong unpleasant taste of the drops. The drops tend to stain the teeth unless they are carefully placed at the back of the infants’ mouth, and for parents who cannot read, it is often difficult to measure the appropriate amount of liquid iron, which is often supplied in a bottle with a dropper calibrated in milliliters. General food fortification, though suitable for preventing micronutrient deficiencies in the adult population, does not meet the micronutrient needs of young children, who ingest smaller amounts of food than adults. Sprinkles occupy a unique niche for young children. We do not support or encourage the use of Sprinkles for infants under the age of six months as they should be exclusively breastf
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