In what appears to be a position paper by the ESPGHAN Nutrition Committee - they write: "A position paper based on a systematic search by the ESPGHAN Nutrition Committee" - you can find ...
(1) lots of mistakes
... and ...
(2) hidden in their supplementary material a table with recommendations for vitamin B12 supplementation in vegans. They write "vegan children", but they did include all age groups. Below you can see their Supplemantary Table 2 - which I just copied and pasted:
"
Supplemental Table S2. Recommended intake of vitamin B12 in children on a vegan diet.
|
Recommended intakes of vitamin B12 supplements in the population |
||||
|
Age |
EFSA* (AI) (mg/day) |
Multiple daily dose |
Single daily dose ** |
Multiple weekly dose |
|
6 - 12 months |
1.5 |
1
mg x2 |
5
mg |
- |
|
1 - 3 years |
1.5 |
1
mg x2 |
5
mg |
- |
|
4 - 6 years |
1.5 |
2
mg x2 |
25
mg |
- |
|
7 – 10 years |
2.5 |
2
mg x2 |
25
mg |
- |
|
11 -14 years |
3.5 |
2
mg x3 |
50
mg |
1000
mg x2 |
|
15 – 64 years |
4.0 |
2
mg x3 |
50
mg |
1000
mg x2 |
|
65 + years |
4.0 |
2
mg x3 |
50
mg |
1000
mg x2 |
|
Pregnancy |
4.5 |
2
mg x3 |
50
mg |
1000
mg x2 |
|
Breastfeeding |
5 |
2
mg x3 |
50
mg |
1000
mg x2 |
Modified from Agnoli, C.; et al. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
2017, 27, 1037–1052.
*European
Food Safety Authority [European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)] Dietary
Reference Values for the EU.
**The
single daily dose compared to the multiple daily dose has higher intakes in
consideration of the kinetics and absorption efficiency already described in
the literature (Allen LH. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009;89:693S-6S).
Abbreviations: Adequate Intake, AI.
"
As you can see, this table is the same table that was created and published by Agnoli et al. (2017), in their "Position paper on vegetarian diets from the working group of the Italian Society of Human Nutrition", except for the multiple weekly dose:
