Modelling consumer intakes of vegetable oils and fats

Figures & data

Table 1. FoodEx Categories used in model and example of food consumption data – for Danish adults (g day^–1).

FoodExL1 name	FoodExL2 name	Mean	SD	P5	P10	Median	P95	P97.5	P99
Grains and grain-based products	Fine bakery wares	9.7	14.9	0.0	0.0	2.4	37.1	47.9	65.7
Starchy roots and tubers	Potatoes and potatoes products	109.8	83.9	6.4	22.5	91.1	269.0	327.6	387.6
Meat and meat products	Meat and meat products (unspecified)
	Livestock meat	80.0	47.7	19.8	29.1	71.5	168.1	200.2	235.9
	Poultry	25.4	26.0	0.0	0.0	20.1	75.5	88.3	114.3
	Edible offal, farmed animals	0.8	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	15.2	23.6
	Preserved meat	7.4	5.8	0.5	1.3	6.3	18.1	22.0	27.1
	Sausages	15.8	22.4	0.0	0.0	6.3	60.3	79.4	94.3
Fish and other seafood	Fish and other seafood (unspecified)
	Fish meat	15.3	17.0	0.0	0.0	10.3	48.0	59.6	73.6
	Fish products
Animal and vegetable fats and oils	Animal/vegetable fats and oils (unspecified)
	Vegetable fat	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Vegetable oil	0.8	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	3.2	4.5	6.4
	Fats of mixed origin
	Margarine and similar products	14.5	8.7	4.4	5.6	12.8	30.6	36.4	43.7
Herbs, spices and condiments	Dressing	5.0	5.9	0.0	0.0	3.2	16.5	20.8	25.8
Composite food	Composite food (unspecified)
	Cereal-based dishes
	Rice-based meals
	Meat-based meals
	Fish and seafood based meals
	Egg-based meal (e.g., omelette)
	Prepared salads
Snacks, desserts, etc.	Snack food	3.1	7.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.1	25.5	34.3
	Ices and desserts	7.2	12.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	28.6	42.9	50.0

Figure 1. Distribution of PUFA levels in fine bakery wares.

Table 2. PUFA intakes developed and used in model.

	Mean (g day^–1)^a	P95 (g day^–1)^a
Toddlers	2.5–7.9	6.6–19.4
Children	3.6–14.6	8.2–31.7
Adolescents	5.4–17.9	11.7–37.4
Adults	5.7–17.5	13.0–37.7
Elderly	5.9–16.6	13.9–37.6
Very elderly	6.5–14.1	15.5–31.5

Note: ^aRange: lowest–highest value reported in each country.

Table 3. Qualitative evaluation of influence of uncertainties on FEDIOL exposure model.

Source of uncertainty	Direction and magnitude^a
Short-term food consumption surveys	+
Regional variations	–/+
Variation in food coding	–/++
Probabilistic model	–/+
Animal derived PUFAs in model	+
Variations in PUFA levels between countries	–/+
Relative consumption of vegetable oil and fat types in European Union member states	–/++
Overall effect	–/++

Note: ^a+, ++, +++ = uncertainty with the potential to cause small, medium or large overestimation of exposure/risk; and –, –, – = uncertainty with the potential to cause small, medium or large underestimation of exposure/risk (EFSA 2006).

[EFSA] European Foor Safety Authority. 2006. Guidance of the scientific committee on a request from EFSA related to uncertainties in dietary exposure assessment. EFSA J. 4:1–54.

 Google Scholar