Description
Ensuring adequate vitamin D intake is essential during growth and development. Vitamin D is needed for calcium absorption and utilization in the body. It is also needed for normal growth and development of bones. Vitamin D contributes to the normal functioning of children’s immune system.
Vitamin D supplement is recommended for children all year round in Finland
In summer children get sufficiently vitamin D3 if they are exposed to sun light. Dietary sources of vitamin D3 are fish, egg yolk, enriched milk and dairy products and margarines. Due to long and dark winter time children are recommended to take D-vitamin as food supplement all year round.
The recommended daily intake of vitamin D for children is 10 μg. In Finland children aged 0-17 years are recommended to take vitamin D as a supplement year-round. Small children (0-2 years) should use a supplement of 10 µg, and children and adolescents (2-17 years) should use a supplement of 7,5 µg. Vitamin D3 is natural form in humans and more efficient than D2 to raise the blood vitamin level. The safe maximum daily intake of vitamin D is 25 μg for 0–6 month-olds, 35 μg for 6-11 month olds and for children from 1-10 years of age 50 μg and 100 μg for 11–17-year-olds (EFSA 2023).
Vita D Kids is a pear-flavoured chewable tablet for all children; big and small from the age of 1. It is sweetened with xylitol and does not contain gelatin. It is recommended to be consumed daily.
A food supplement is not a substitute for a varied and balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.
DOSAGE
1 chewing tablet daily. The tablet can be chewed or let slowly dissolve in the mouth. Ensure that the child can eat the tablet safely. Before supplementation, the intake of vitamin D from other supplements if used (f.ex. fish oil, calcium or multiple vitamin products) should be observed.
COMPOSITION
Daily dose 1 chewing tablet contains:
vitamin D3 10 µg
Ingredients
Sweetener (xylitol), cholecalcipherol, pear flavour, emulsifier (magnesium salts of fatty acids). Vitamin D3 is originated from sheep’s wool fat.
PACK SIZE
90 and 300 tablets.
Made in Finland.
