Calcium goal

quacksjc495
quacksjc495 Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition

hi… my calcium goal shows 100%. What is that actual goal?? 1200mg???

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 38,381 Community Helper

    In my understanding, the USDA labeling information is what's in play here. I'm sure there are others, but I think this is a current document, and it'll do:

    https://www.fda.gov/food/new-nutrition-facts-label/daily-value-new-nutrition-and-supplement-facts-labels

    Scroll down the page a bit for the full list of values.

    That would imply that 100% = 1300mg. Since it's input into MFP in percents, the percents are (theoretically) coming from the labels, the underlying gram value should be the one that's implied on the labels. In your MFP goals, you can change the percent (to whatever percent of 1300mg you prefer), if you like.

    Be careful, though: The MFP database is crowd-sourced, so not all entries are accurate, and some may've been accurate but the data is old and the daily value has changed since it was entered..

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