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. 2021 Jun 30;151(10):3253–3261. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab199

TABLE 2.

Impact of variations in food waste in-home and food losses along the supply chain on nutrient gaps using the 2018 baseline data set. Nutrient gaps of <5% are not shown. All values specified are the magnitude of the nutrient gap as a percentage of target daily intake

0 × supply chain loss 0.5 × supply chain loss 1 × supply chain loss 1.5 × supply chain loss
0 × in-home waste
 Calcium 24 26 28 30
 Vitamin E 20 23 25 27
0.5 × in-home waste
 Calcium 28 30 32 34
 Vitamin E 23 26 28 30
1 × in-home waste
 Calcium 32 34 36 37
 Potassium 5
 Vitamin E 27 29 31 33
1.5 × in-home waste
 Calcium 36 38 40 41
 Fiber 5
 Iron 5 9 12
 Potassium 13
 Vitamin A 8
 Vitamin E 30 32 34 36
 Zinc 7 10