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Specialized food composition dataset for vitamin D content in foods based on European standards: application to dietary intake assessment
Food Chemistry, 240, Pages 544-549
A review of national nutrition surveys from 2000 to date, demonstrated high prevalence of vitamin D intakes below the EAR (<10 μg/d vitamin D) in adults across Europe. Dietary assessment and modelling are required to monitor efficacy and safety of ongoing strategic vitamin D fortification. To support these studies, a specialized food composition dataset of vitamin D, based on EuroFIR standards was compiled. The FoodEXplorer™ tool was used to retrieve well documented analytical data for vitamin D and arrange the data into two datasets - European (8 European countries, 981 data values) and USDA (1836 data values). Data are classified using the LanguaLTM, FoodEX2 and ODIN classification systems and ranked according to quality criteria. Significant variability in the context[m1] of data values, missing data on vitamin D2 and 25(OH)D3 and documentation of the methods was observed. The dataset is available through the EuroFIR platform.
Food Chemistry, 240, Pages 544-549
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