Vitamin E upper limit: how much is too much per day?

For adults 19 and older, the upper limit (UL) of vitamin E is 1,000 mg per day, counting vitamin E from supplements and fortified foods only.

Ages 14 and older · Source: National Academies Dietary Reference Intakes · Data as of 2026-10-03

Every life stage

Group	Age	RDA or AI mg/day	UL mg/day
Male	14–18	15 RDA	800
Male	19–30	15 RDA	1,000
Male	31–50	15 RDA	1,000
Male	51–70	15 RDA	1,000
Male	71+	15 RDA	1,000
Female	14–18	15 RDA	800
Female	19–30	15 RDA	1,000
Female	31–50	15 RDA	1,000
Female	51–70	15 RDA	1,000
Female	71+	15 RDA	1,000
Pregnancy	14–18	15 RDA	800
Pregnancy	19–30	15 RDA	1,000
Pregnancy	31–50	15 RDA	1,000
Lactation	14–18	19 RDA	800
Lactation	19–30	19 RDA	1,000
Lactation	31–50	19 RDA	1,000

RDA = Recommended Dietary Allowance; AI = Adequate Intake, used where there is not enough data for an RDA. UL = Tolerable Upper Intake Level. “Not set” means the tables give no value. Ages under 14 are in the National Academies tables and are not covered here.

What counts toward the limit

This UL covers vitamin E from supplements and fortified foods only. Vitamin E that occurs naturally in food does not count.

Amounts are in mg of alpha-tocopherol.

Table footnote, as recorded in Ceiling’s data: “UL applies to synthetic/supplemental alpha-tocopherol (supplements and fortified foods), not to vitamin E naturally in food.”

How Ceiling uses this

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