All nutrients
Chromium
Crmineraltrace-mineralmeasured in mcg
Today
7-day average. Days to weeks of reserve, so single days mean little.
None of today's foods carried a value for Chromium. That is a gap in the data, not a reading of zero.
What it is
Contributes to insulin signalling. Its essentiality is genuinely debated.
Reference intake
Your daily target, personalised to your age and sex.
- AI
- 35 mcgmale_19_50
- Upper limit
- none established
Full write-up not finished
The reference intake above is real and cited — Chromium is assessed against it exactly like any other nutrient. What is missing is the written panel: what it does in detail, what deficiency and excess look like, absorption, interactions, and food sources ranked against what you eat.
Entries live in data/nutrients.json. Filling this one in changes no code.
Sources
Last reviewed 2026-08-11