Fig. 7

A Examples of individual food products needed: (1) To fulfill the total 9-cis-β,β-carotene (9CBC) RDI demand of 0.5–1.8 (calculated and further used average of 1.1) mg/day, based on our calculations from Table 1/Fig. 2. (2) Missing 9CBC in the human food chain due to pure all-trans-β,β-carotene (ATBC) used in food fortification of 0.2–0.9 (calculated and further used average of 0.6) mg/day, based on calculations from Table 1/Fig. 2. B Summary of food items and amounts as examples of a balanced and recommended diet rich in provitamin A5/X in the form of 9CBC based on our current suggested recommendations are based on Table 1/Figs. 2/7A. Selected pictures contain a mm/cm grid for precise size adjustment of the precise food amount described