Global view of per capita daily vitamin D supply estimates as proxy measures for vitamin D intake data
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research PLUS https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm4.10547
Kevin D. Cashman
Based on food consumption and mandated food fortification
| Source of Vitamin D | Error type | Details |
| Milk | underestimate | Low fat and non-fat is much less bio-available |
| Animal meat and products | underestimate | animals raised outdoors in some countries |
| Fish | underestimate | ignores fatty fish consumption |
| Fortification - optional | underestimate | ignored |
| Fortified edible oils | underestimate | not considered |
| Sunshine | underestimate | not considered |
| Supplements | underestimate | not considered |
| - | - | |
| Fish | overestimate | less Vitamin D from farmed fish |
| Fortification | overestimate | ignores that D2 is not as good as D3 |
Fortification works, even if food is cooked, but govts rarely fortifiy with enough
Govts, food producers, and families can fortify:
milk, yogurt, beer, bread, cereals, cooking oil, soups, jams, jellys, honey, snack bars, etc.
Some interesting fortification articles
- After years of adding vitamin D, Finland now has 38 ng levels - March 2022
- Fortification with Vitamin D works – 16 studies of Danish experience – July 2021
- Vitamin D fortification of beverages – Review March 2022
- Bread fortified with Vitamin D - many studies 13+ studiess
- International Conference of Vitamin D Fortification of Food (India) – Sept 2018
- 2400 IU of vitamin D needed to get most Northern adults above 20 ng – June 2020
- Most Fortification studies do not give enough to make a difference
- Vitamin D home fortification- don't wait 100 years for your govt
VitaminDWiki Fortification pages with BREAD in title
This list is automatically updated
Change of Vitamin D Fortification in Denmark
- 60 percent more life births after infertility diagnosis if Vitamin D fortification (Denmark) - Nov 2019
- Vitamin D food fortification during pregnancy reduced gestational diabetes in daughters by 13 percent – Nov 2018
- Vitamin D added to margarine reduced inflammatory bowel disease by 13 percent 30 years later – Nov 2019
- Preeclampsia of offspring cut in half if mother who smoked had vitamin D fortified margarine – Dec 2017
- Danish study of childhood diseases vs vitamin D fortification – May 2013
- 9 studies by Denmak D-Tech group (fortifiy Margarine with Vitamin D) online as of Nov 2019
Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki
Nationally representative data on vitamin D intake can inform on the adequacy of dietary supply of vitamin D in a population, but such data is lacking for a majority of countries. Estimates of average per capita supply of vitamin D, as calculated using information from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) national food balance sheets (FBS) can be used as proxy measures for vitamin D intake within a population. In the present work, FAO national FBS (from 2004 to 2017) for 173-178 countries around the globe were used to generate such average per capita vitamin D supply estimates. For countries where food fortification with vitamin D was common, the estimates accounted for this. Using the 2004-2013 FBS data, there was a large range in average per capita vitamin D supply ranging from 0.3 (Ethiopia) to 17.8 (Maldives) μg/day. Globally, 40, 60, 70, 4 , 2 and 2 countries had average per capita vitamin D supply estimates <1.5, 1.6-3, 3.1-5.5, 5.6-7.5, 7.6-10 and >10 μg/day, respectively. Pelagic fish was the major contributory food commodity (supplying 53-86%) in countries with supply >7.6 μg/day. Median per capita vitamin D supply estimates for constituent countries within Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania were 1.4, 2.7, 2.8, 4.1 and 4.7 μg/day, respectively. These overall supply trends were mirrored in the 2014-2017 newer FBS data. Fortification of milk and dairy or wheat flour with vitamin D had an important impact on the vitamin D supply estimates (average increments of 1.6 and 3.1 μg/day, respectively). Overall, the work showed how the per capita daily vitamin D supply estimates, as surrogate for vitamin D intake data, can highlight countries where inadequacy of supply may be of concern. It also shows how fortification of food with vitamin D can have an important impact on addressing low vitamin D intake.
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