What does RDA and Daily Value mean?
Recommended Dietary Allowances are nutrient intake recommendations from the Institute of Medicine, an arm of the American Academy of Sciences. RDAs are safe levels of intake for essential nutrients, based on current scientific knowledge. They are set to meet the known nutrient needs or practically all healthy people. RDAs have been around and updated regularly for more than 50 years. Now we use the term “Daily Value” which expresses the vitamin amount as a percent.
