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Table 3 Top 20 foods sorted by decreasing content in vitamins, amino acids, oligosaccharides, monosaccharides, bioactive substances, and N-compounds and increasing content of NSN. For each food, the mean concentration of each metabolite group (mg/100 g) and their prebiotic food score are shown. The “Baby Food” category is considered as a “control” and appears in an italic font

From: A reverse metabolic approach to weaning: in silico identification of immune-beneficial infant gut bacteria, mining their metabolism for prebiotic feeds and sourcing these feeds in the natural product space

Food

Vitamins

Amino acids

Oligosaccharides

Bioactive substances

N-compounds

Mono-saccharide

NSNs

Honey

0.38

7.92

426.39

1361.06

0.00

9352.92

0.00

Red bell pepper

543.45

1087.16

3.06

469.98

0.60

388.13

0.02

Eggs

118.84

845.94

115.04

309.86

0.00

23.27

0.00

Cheese

40.45

785.12

176.39

287.93

0.00

14.81

0.00

Turkey

104.03

745.09

16.83

261.86

0.00

29.38

0.00

Sweet potato

591.60

53.05

858.19

203.09

0.00

161.88

0.00

Baby food

59.27

161.20

1867.93

345.37

0.00

619.90

0.00

Cattle (beef, veal)

39.81

782.68

1.18

259.46

0.00

1.99

0.00

Chicken (cock, hen, rooster)

68.66

678.95

12.66

234.91

0.00

16.56

0.00

Spelt

0.41

449.78

956.67

268.16

0.00

135.00

0.00

Domestic pig (piglet, pork)

25.83

680.78

24.34

242.96

0.00

61.64

0.00

Feijoa

0.34

19.17

2056.67

322.34

0.00

658.75

0.00

Oriental wheat

4.83

326.31

1191.67

254.74

0.00

130.00

0.00

Papaya

24.04

17.22

1598.75

356.70

0.00

1197.50

0.00

Peanut

34.67

700.12

477.08

318.34

0.00

143.65

0.01

Sweet basil

181.21

416.94

1.67

215.28

0.00

125.00

0.00

Common walnut

57.81

435.32

405.00

202.80

0.00

21.25

0.00

Italian sweet red pepper

542.47

58.88

4.58

158.18

0.00

519.38

0.00

Pacific sardine

22.97

545.28

5.00

196.02

0.00

50.00

0.00

Mamey sapote

8.45

52.78

745.00

379.17

0.00

1958.75

0.00