Table 1.
Contribution (%) of dairy products to the daily intake of energy, macro- and micronutrients; data derived from Dutch National Food Consumption Surveys (DNFCS) in 1998 and 2003
| Energy and nutrients | DNFCS 1998 Total population (n = 5,958) |
DNFCS 1998 Older adults (65+) |
DNFCS 2003 Young adults (19–30) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n = 185) | Women (n = 236) | Men (n = 352) | Women (n = 398) | |||||
| Milk (products) | Cheese | Milk (products) | Cheese | Milk products | Cheese | All dairy products | ||
| Energy | 11.1 | 4.5 | 10.3 | 4.7 | 11.9 | 4.6 | 13.9 | 15.3 |
| Protein | 17.8 | 8.3 | 16.7 | 8.8 | 19.4 | 8.4 | 24.1 | 26.5 |
| Fat | 9.1 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 17.6 | 18.8 |
| Saturated fat | 14.9 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 13.1 | 30.4 | 31.4 |
| Calcium | 47.7 | 21.1 | 45.8 | 23.6 | 54.8 | 20.2 | 65.6 | 62.6 |
| Magnesium | 15.0 | 2.6 | 14.2 | 2.7 | 15.7 | 2.6 | 15.1 | 17.0 |
| Zinc | 15.6 | 9.7 | 14.8 | 10.0 | 16.3 | 9.2 | 24.8 | 26.7 |
| Selenium | 10.5 | 6.9 | 9.3 | 5.4 | 11.0 | 5.5 | 12.5 | 13.9 |
| Retinol | 8.0 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 14.6 | 15.5 |
| Vitamin D | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 9.2 | 10.2 |
| Vitamin B1 | 10.0 | 0.7 | 9.0 | 0.7 | 10.4 | 0.7 | 12.7 | 13.0 |
| Vitamin B2 | 45.5 | 3.7 | 42.8 | 3.7 | 47.1 | 3.4 | 45.1 | 47.7 |
| Vitamin B6 | 9.0 | 1.1 | 13.0 | 1.1 | 9.8 | 1.0 | 10.1 | 12.0 |
| Vitamin B11 | 7.9 | 1.1 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 11.1 | 13.5 |
| Vitamin B12 | 34.7 | 2.4 | 28.0 | 2.0 | 33.9 | 2.2 | 33.5 | 36.7 |
The 1998 DNFCS data were based on records for two sequential days of food items noted in a diary; the 2003 data were based on computer-assisted 24-h diet recall interviews by trained dieticians on two independent days. The 1998 data for vitamins B11 and B12 were calculated by the authors