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Iodine in British foods and diets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Susan M. Lee ,
Janet Lewis ,
David H. Buss ,
Gillian D. Holcombe  and
Paul R. Lawrance
Susan M. Lee
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Nobel House, I7 Smith Square, LondonSWIP 3JR
Janet Lewis
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Nobel House, I7 Smith Square, LondonSWIP 3JR
David H. Buss
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Nobel House, I7 Smith Square, LondonSWIP 3JR
Gillian D. Holcombe
Affiliation:
Laboratory of the Government Chemist, Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex TWll OLY
Paul R. Lawrance
Affiliation:
Laboratory of the Government Chemist, Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex TWll OLY
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Levels of I were determined in selected foods and dietary supplements, and in samples of the British ‘Total Diet’. The average concentration of I in British milk collected in thirteen areas on four occasions during 1990 and 1991 was 150 μg/kg (range 40–310 μg/kg), compared with 230 μg/kg in 1977–79. No difference was found between skimmed and whole milk. Winter milk contained 210 μg/kg while summer milk contained 90 μg/kg. Regional differences were less pronounced than seasonal differences. Levels in fish and fish products were between 110 and 3280 μg/kg. Edible seaweed contained I levels of between 4300 and 2660000 μg/kg. Kelp-based dietary supplements contained I at levels that would result in a median intake of 1000 μg if the manufacturers' recommended maximum daily dose of the supplement was taken, while other I-containing supplements contained a median level of 104 μg in the manufacturers' maximum recommended daily dose. Intake of I, as estimated from the Total Diet Study, was 173 μg/d in 1985 (277 μg if samples with very high I contents were included) and 166 μg/d in 1991. These levels are above the UK reference nutrient intake of 140 μg/d for adults but well below the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives provisional maximum tolerable intake of 1000 μg/d.

Keywords

IodineMilkDietary supplements
Type
Iodine in Brirish foods and diets
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 72 , Issue 3 , September 1994 , pp. 435 - 446
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1994

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