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What is the 2400 milligram Daily Value for sodium based on?

April 26, 2017based milligram sodium value

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What is the 2400 milligram Daily Value for sodium based on?

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(May 2009) The Institute of Medicine’s most recent (2004) Recommended Dietary Intake for sodium established 1.5g per day as the Adequate Intake (AI) and 2.3g per day as the Upper Limit (UL). The Recommended Dietary Allowances, Tenth Edition (1989) recommended that daily intakes of sodium chloride be limited to 6g (2.4g of sodium) or less. This 2.4g recommendation correlates with the 2400 mg Daily Value for sodium established for nutrition facts panels that became mandatory on food labels in 1993.