Eli5: How do nutrition label know how much minerals and vitamins the body needs?

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Nutrition label give a certain percentage for minerals and vitamins. How did they get this percentage?

How do they calculate the bodily needs of certain minerals like magnesium, phosphorus, chlorine, and zinc? How do they know how much vitamin the body needs?

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They don’t calculate it. The FDA calculates daily recommended requirements for the average person based on scientific literature.

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