Micronutrients guidelines

Micronutrient recommendations represent the amount judged necessary to avoid deficiency in virtually all individuals within a population group. There is currently no standard approach for deriving micronutrient recommendations, and large variations exist across Europe, causing confusion among consumers, food producers and policy-makers. More aligned information could influence dietary behaviours and potentially lead to a healthier population. Therefore, dietary reference values based on scientific evidence are essential for the development of public health nutrition policies.

Funded by the European Commission, EURRECA (EURopean micronutrient RECommendations Aligned) was a Network of Excellence that developed building blocks to harmonise European micronutrient recommendations. Coordinated by ILSI Europe, the Network included 35 partners comprising more than 200 individual scientists from 17 European countries, with a budget of €13.2 million spread over 5.5 years (2007-2012).

http://www.eurreca.org/everyone