Department of Food Science Lecture 9 – February 19, 2015 Setting DRIs EAR: 50% risk of inadequacy Between RDA and UL: Risk of inadequacy and of excess are both close to 0 http://books.nap.edu/execsumm_pdf/6015.pdf RDA: 2-3% risk of inadequacy UL: Upper Limit with no risk of inadequacy or adverse effects