VACCINE

Food Additives And Contaminants • January 1995
Estimates of
dietary exposure to aluminium
Author information
Pennington JA1, Schoen SA.
Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Washington, DC 20204, USA
Abstract
Daily intakes of aluminium were estimated for 14 age-sex groups
based on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Total Diet
Study dietary exposure model. The aluminium content of the core
foods of the FDA Total Diet Study were determined by analyses,
recipe calculation, or literature values and coupled with information
on food consumption from the 1987-88 US Department of
Agriculture Nationwide Food Consumption Survey. Estimates of
aluminium intakes ranged from 0.7 mg/day for 6-11-month-old
infants to 11.5 mg/day for 14-16-year-old males. Average intakes
for adult men and women were 8-9 and 7 mg/day, respectively.
The major contributors to daily intake of aluminium were foods
with aluminium-containing food additives, e.g. grain products
and processed cheese.
“Estimates of aluminium intakes ranged
from 0.7 mg/day for 6-11-month-old infants
to 11.5 mg/day for 14-16-year-old males.
Average intakes for adult men and women
were 8-9 and 7 mg/day, respectively.”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7758626