Table 1 DRVs for men and women (m/f), daily tolerable upper limits (UL), limits established by the European Commission (EC Limit) and micronutrient content (mean and range) in standard and disease-specific enteral formulas (calculated as daily intake of 1500 Kcal/day)

Iron. mg

10/10

-

7.5–30.0

19.1 (11.8–24.0)

17.3 (8.8–24.0)

17.0 (13.5–24.0)

18.0 (7.5–28.8)

17.8 (13.3–24.0)

Zinc. mg

11/8

25

7.5–22.5

16.8 (11.8–19.5)

17.3 (13.4–20.0)

14.5 (11.3–18.0)

20.2 (12.0–39.2)

16.3 (12.0–19.0)

Copper. mg

0.9/0.9

5

0.9–7.5

2.3 (1.5–2.7)

2.0 (1.0–2.7)

1.6 (0.1–2.7)

2.2 (0.9–3.1)

2.1 (1.3–2.7)

Iodine. mcg

150/150

600

98–525

188 (129–234)

178 (134–222)

190 (150–210)

184 (133–223)

178 (133–220)

Selenium. mcg

55/55

300

38–150

93 (62–110)

88 (66–113)

88 (75–99)

90 (54–144)

86 (63–110)

Manganese. mg

2.7/2.3

-

0.8–7.5

3.8 (1.8–5.7)

4.0 (2.2–5.3)

3.4 (2.3–5.0)

3.9 (2.7–5.7)

3.6 (1.8–5.3)

Chromium. mcg

30/20

-

19–225

111 (75–165)

161 (88–445)

80 (74–101)

95 (23–158)

106 (67–145)

Molybdenum. mcg

45/45

600

53–270

153 (61–225)

149 (122–167)

151 (113–178)

140 (54–238)

142 (67–194)

Fluoride. mg

4/3

7

0–3.0

1.7 (1.3–2.2)

1.4 (0.9–2.2)

1.5 (1.4–1.6)

1.8 (1.3–2.5)

1.6 (1.3–2.0)

Vitamin A. mcg

700/600

3000

525–2700

1677 (765–2850)

1610 (854–3028)

1289 (750–1785)

1539 (750–3185)

1759 (792–2920)

Vitamin D. mcg

15/15

100

7.5–37.5

15.0 (10.0–23.2)

14.7 (10.5–25.0)

12.5 (7.5–16.8)

13.1 (9.9–23.7)

16.6 (10.0–50.0)

Vitamin E. mcg

13/12

300

7.5–45.0

22.8 (16.1–34.5)

36.0 (12.2–111.7)

19.2 (10.5–28.6)

48.4 (12.3–230.8)

34.7 (13.3–210.0)

Vitamin K. mcg

170/170

-

53–300

96 (75–129)

97 (61–150)

84 (68–99)

84 (54–115)

91 (67–115)

Vitamin C. mg

105/85

-

34–330

138 (86–165)

156 (56–278)

136 (68–210)

235 (62–646)

173 (67–840)

Vitamin B1. mg

1.2/1.1

-

0.9–7.5

2.4 (1.5–3.5)

2.2 (1.3–2.9)

2.1 (1.5–2.8)

2.1 (0.9–3.0)

2.4 (1.3–3.5)

Vitamin B2. mg

1.6/1.3

-

1.2–7.5

2.7 (2.1–4.2)

2.5 (1.7–2.9)

2.1 (1.5–2.4)

2.5 (1.7–3.9)

2.7 (1.7–4.2)

Vitamin B6. mg

1.7/1.5

25

1.2–7.5

2.8 (2.1–4.2)

2.7 (1.7–3.3)

2.4 (1.5–3.2)

2.5 (1.5–3.9)

3.0 (1.6–7.1)

Niacin. mg

18^a/18^a

10^b

13.5–45.0^a

25.9 (19.3–34.3)^a

23.3 (14.6–30.0)^a

27.1 (18.0–39.5)^a

25.2 (16.0–28.9)^a

25.3 (16.0–29.0)^a

Folate. mcg

400/400

1000

150–750

407 (268–500)

414 (195–630)

364 (300–420)

476 (246–1950)

400 (270–500)

Vitamin B12. mcg

2.4/2.4

-

1.1–10.5

4.6 (3.1–7.1)

5.0 (4.3–7.5)

4.5 (3.0–7.9)

4.0 (2.3–5.9)

4.5 (2.7–7.1)

Pantothenic Acid. mg

5.0/5.0

-

2.3–22.5

9.4 (6.4–14.0)

8.9 (6.1–11.3)

8.0 (5.3–9.8)

8.5 (4.7–12.7)

8.6 (4.7–13.3)

Biotin. mcg

30/30

-

11–113

69 (54–75)

70 (60–87)

60 (53–75)

72 (50–104)

65 (50–75)