Vitamin B-12 Dietary References, DACH dietary reference values (2018)


Dietary references values for Vitamin B-12 according to DACH dietary reference values (2018)1.

The DACH dietary reference values are published together by the German, Austrian and Swiss society for nutrition. DACH is an abbreviation for the countries: D for Deutschland, A for Austria and CH for Switzerland.

Adequate Intake

Adequate Intake (AI): Intake at this level is assumed to ensure nutritional adequacy; established when evidence is insufficient to develop an RDA.

μg/day: microgram per day

0.00 - 
0.32 years
0.5 μg/day
0.33 - 
0.99 years
1.4 μg/day
1.00 - 
3.99 years
1.5 μg/day
4.00 - 
6.99 years
2.0 μg/day
7.00 - 
9.99 years
2.5 μg/day
10.00 - 
12.99 years
3.5 μg/day
13.00 - 
14.99 years
4.0 μg/day
15.00 - 
18.99 years
4.0 μg/day
19.00 - 
24.99 years
4.0 μg/day
25.00 - 
50.99 years
4.0 μg/day
51.00 - 
64.99 years
4.0 μg/day
65.00 - 
years
4.0 μg/day
lactating
5.5 μg/day
pregnant
4.5 μg/day

Sources

1
Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Ernährung (SGE). (2019). DACH-Referenzwerte. Retrieved from http://www.sge-ssn.ch/grundlagen/lebensmittel-und-naehrstoffe/naehrstoffempfehlungen/dachreferenzwerte/ at 2019-05-02.