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What are GDAs

Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs) are a guide to how much energy and nutrients are present in a portion of a food or beverage and what each amount represents as a percentage of a person’s daily dietary needs.

In short, Guideline Daily Amounts are:

• Guidance for a balance diet: the amount of energy and nutrients in a portion for the average adult.
• Information at-a-glance: making it easier for consumers to see what proportion of their daily nutritional needs are met.
• Widely-used: information on close to 100% of major food company products by the end of 2009, with many small and medium-sized businesses also adopting the approach.
• Science-based: rely on nutrition recommendations from the Eurodiet project, a panel of scientific and policy experts established by the European Commission.