Table 6.
Ranges among EU surveys of the estimated daily intake of the PS (g per day)* and POP (mg per day), based on the individual data from the EFSA Comprehensive Food Consumption Database and considering oxidation rates of 0.5 and 2.28% of the PS. (‘All subjects’ means all participants of an age group of the consumption surveys)
| Age groups | Number of EU dietary surveys | Estimated daily intake of the NF – all subjects in g per day (Estimated daily intake of POP – all subjects in mg per day) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range of means (lowest and highest) among EU dietary surveys* | Range of 95th percentile (lowest and highest) among EU dietary surveys* | ||
| Infants (up to 11 months) | 13 |
0.03–0.61* (0.1–3.0)** (0.6–13.9)*** |
0.14–1.44 (0.7–7.2) (3.3–32.8) |
| Young children or toddlers (12–35 months) | 16 |
0.05–1.08 (0.2–5.4) (1.0–24.7) |
0.24–1.84 (1.2–9.2) (5.6–42.0) |
| Other children (3–9 years) | 19 |
0.10–2.18 (0.5–10.9) (2.3–49.8) |
0.54–3.83 (2.7–19.1) (12.3–87.4) |
| Adolescents (10–17 years) | 20 |
0.10–2.67 (0.5–13.2) (2.4–60.1) |
0.46–4.48 (2.3–22.4) (10.5–102.1) |
| Adults (18–64 years) | 22 |
0.17–2.81 (0.9–14.0) (3.9–64.0) |
0.81–5.77 (4.1–28.9) (18.5–132) |
| Elderly (≥ 65 years) | 20 |
0.26–2.78 (1.3–13.9) (6.0–63.4) |
1.16–7.06 (5.8–35.3) (26.5–161) |
NF: novel food; POP: plant sterol oxidation products: PS: plant sterols.
The ranges for the mean and the P95 in the first line of each of the age groups refer to the estimated intake of free PS equivalent when PSE were added at 12.5% to the food categories in Table 4. The second line of each of the age group refers to the consumption of POP when considering an oxidation rate of 0.5% of the cooked PS and the third line refers to the consumption of POP when considering an ORP of 2.28% of the cooked PS (see Section 3.3 ‘Stability’).