date:Jun 14, 2019
of 40 milligrams per kilogram of body weight [mg/kg bw] per day, Dr. Ursula Gundert-Remy, Chair of the working group on phosphates, says. Because phosphates are also nutrients and essential to our diets, in our approach we defined an ADI which considers the likely phosphorus intake from various sources, including natural sources and food additives, she adds.
The ADI corresponds to an intake of 2.8 grams of phosphorus per day for an average adult weighing 70kg.
Importantly, the ADI does not ap