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International unit (IU)

IU is a measurement unit that is primarily used on nutrition labelling for vitamin A. One IU is equivalent to 0.3 mcg of retinol, 0.6 mcg of beta-carotene, or 1.2 mcg other provitamin-A carotenoids.

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