Table 1.

Overview on daily intake estimates of plant sterols using margarine and vegetable fat liquid emulsions consumption data from the NL, UK and EFSA

	Plant sterol daily intakes (g) based on total margarine intake (all users) female/male
	NL			UK			EFSA
	Age	Median	P95	Age	Mean	P95	Age	Mean	P95
Infants	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	0–11 m	0.2	0.4
Young children or toddlers	2–6	0.8/1.0a	1.5/2.0	1–3	0.7	1.4	1–3	0.2/0.7	0.6/1.6
Other children	7–13	1.0/1.4	2.9/3.7	4–10	1.0	2.1	3–9	0.2/1.0	0.5/3.4
Adolescents	14–18	0.9/1.4	2.9/4.7	11–18	1.0	2.4	10–17	0.4/1.1	0.9/3.4
Adults	19–30	1.1/1.7	3.4/5.4	19–44	1.2	2.9	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Female Adults	19–50	1.1	3.4	19–44	1.1	2.5	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Adults	31–69	1.1/1.8	3.4/5.0	45+	1.4	3.2	18–64	0.6/1.7	1.4/6.4
Elderly	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.			65–74	0.3/2.5	0.5/7.1

na = data not available for this population group.

^aData on the Netherlands toddlers aged 2–6 are presented as mean intakes rather than median intakes.