Abstract

GARCIA GABARRA, Antoni. Maximum levels of vitamins and minerals in food supplements in Europe. Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2019, vol.36, n.3, pp.729-733.  Epub Feb 17, 2020. ISSN 1699-5198.  https://dx.doi.org/10.20960/nh.02562.

EU legislation established the factors that should be applied for the setting of maximum levels of vitamins and minerals in food supplements and other foods enriched with these nutrients, considering the different sensitivity of the population groups, in order to minimize the risks of an excessive intake.

A decade and a half later, these maximum levels have not yet been set. Because of this delay, in many European countries maximum daily amounts have been established for food supplements, with great differences from one country to another.

In France, these maximum levels have just been updated taking into account the age, the physiological situation and the state of health of the population groups: children of 1-3 years, children of 3-10 years, adolescents of 11-17 years, adults, women with probability of pregnancy, pregnant women, lactating women, menopause, old people, smokers, patients receiving anticoagulant treatment, renal patients, etc.

Keywords : Food supplements; Maximum daily amounts; Vitamins; Minerals; Europe; France.

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