An analysis of the manganese supply in Austria on the basis of a selected diet

The average daily intake of manganese by Austrians has been tested with a s elected diet at 12 different locations all over Austria. A diet was made up of foodstuffs produced within a radius of 10 km from each location and cal culated for a person with a body weight of 70 kg (10 700 kJ). The size of t he locations was chosen in such a way that all the foodstuffs could be boug ht within this area. The average daily intake was 4.69 mg Mn (range: 4.39-5 .66 mg Mn). The Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Ernahrung (DGE) recommends a dail y intake of 2-5 mg Mn. The intake with this diet was therefore optimal acco rding to the DGE recommendation.