PURPOSE: Besides the adverse health effects of a low @entity1501 intake, the risks of high intakes of @entity1501 have moved into the focus. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential range of @entity1501 and @entity1501 intake of the German population under consideration of different fortification scenarios. METHODS: Food consumption data of 13,926 @entity1 of the German National Nutrition Survey II (NVS II), collected with two 24-h recalls, were used to calculate the nutrient intake. The nutrient data are based on the German Nutrient Database (BLS), information from a market survey and analyses of multivitamin juices. The scenarios were modelled without, as well as with low and high fortification levels of @entity1501 . RESULTS: The median intake of dietary @entity1501 equivalents ranged from 191    g/d ( @entity1 ) and 168    g/d ( @entity1 ) without fortification to 425    g/d ( @entity1 ) and 334    g/d ( @entity1 ) in the highest fortification scenario. Thus, 12.4-68.2  % ( @entity1 ) and 5.9-56.1  % ( @entity1 ) met the 300    g/d recommended by the nutrition societies of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In the highest fortification scenario, 1.9  % ( @entity1 ) and 0.8  % ( @entity1 ) exceeded the tolerable @entity1729 ( @entity1729 ) of 1,000    g/d @entity1501 given by the European Food Safety Authority. For supplement users, this proportion was 5.2 and 5.4  %. CONCLUSIONS: Only a high fortification of several foods leads to a marked increase of the proportion of population reaching the recommendation. Simultaneously, with a high fortification a higher proportion exceeds the @entity1729 , especially in combination with supplements.

Intake of dietary @entity1501 and @entity1501 in Germany based on different scenarios for food fortification with XXXX .

@entity1501 :: ('MESH:D005492', 'Chemical') :: ['folic acid', 'folate'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'men'] @entity1729 :: ('MESH:D012141', 'Disease') :: ['UL', 'upper intake level']
@entity1501 :: (MESH:D005492,Chemical) :: ['folic acid']
