Guideline Daily Amounts are a guide to the total amount of energy and nutrients that a typical healthy adult should be eating in a day. These values are provided on a voluntary basis by the food and beverage and retail industries, to give context to the energy and nutrient content of foods and beverages.

How do you calculate daily guideline?

To calculate, you find how much of a specific GDA ingredient is in each food that you are eating by reading the nutrition label. Then divide that number by the total recommended number of grams to get percentages

What is the recommended daily intake for adults?

An ideal daily intake of calories varies depending on age, metabolism and levels of physical activity, among other things. Generally, the recommended daily calorie intake is 2,000 calories a day for women and 2,500 for men.

What are the daily recommended nutrition guidelines?

Daily reference intakes for adults are:

• Energy: 8,400kJ/2,000kcal.

• Total fat: less than 70g.

• Saturates: less than 20g.

• Carbohydrate: 260g.

• Total sugars: 90g.

• Protein: 50g.

• Salt: less than 6g.

What is a child recommended daily intake?

Information for 4-18 Years

Calories / Food 4 to 8 years 9 to 13 years

Calories kilocalories per day (kcal/d)

• Female 1200 kcal/d 1600 kcal/d

• Male 1400 kcal/d 1800 kcal/d

• Fat 25% to 35% 25% to 35%