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Recommended daily intakes

13 April 2012
  • The average woman needs around 2,000 calories per day.
  • The average man requires around 2,500 calories per day.
  • The Guideline Daily Amount for fat is 70g per day for women, and 95g per day for men. Of these figures, saturated fat (from processed foods and animal-derived products) should account for no more than 20g for women or 30g for men.
  • The recommended salt intake for an adult is 6g (one heaped teaspoonful)
  • There are no GDA figures for sugar, though the Government recommends that no more than 10 per cent of dietary energy should come from "non-milk-extrinsic" sugar, ie, added sugar. This equates to 200 calories of added sugar, or roughly 50g.
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