Vitamins and minerals found in foods
Vitamins and minerals found in foods
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Vitamins and Minerals Found in Foods
Vitamin or mineral |
Food and drink |
---|---|
Beta-carotene |
Apricots, broccoli, cantaloupe, carrots, collards, fruits, nectarines, papaya, peaches, peppers, pumpkin, spinach, sweet potato, vegetables, watermelon, winter squash |
Biotin |
Eggs, fresh vegetables, kidney, liver, rolled oats |
Calcium |
Bread, broccoli, cheese, Chinese cabbage, collards, cottage cheese, dairy products, fortified breakfast cereal, ice cream, kale, leafy green vegetables, milk, orange juice, pudding, salmon, sardines, soft bones of fish, sour cream, soy beverage, spinach, tofu, tortilla, turnip greens, yogurt |
Chloride |
Processed foods, sodium chloride |
Chromium |
American cheese, apple, basil, banana, beef cubes, brewer's yeast, broccoli, calf's liver, English muffins, garlic, grape juice, green beans, orange juice, potatoes, red wine, turkey, wheat germ, whole wheat bread |
Copper |
Nuts, organ meats, sea foods, seeds |
Fluoride |
Fluoridated water, marine fish consumed with bones, tea |
Folate and folic acid |
Asparagus, avocado, baked beans, banana, beef liver, black-eyed peas, bread, broccoli, cereal, chicken, cowpeas, bread, flour, fruits, cantaloupe, egg noodles, fish, fortified breakfast cereals, great northern beans, green beans, green leafy vegetables, legumes, lettuce, orange, orange juice, liver, papaya, pasta, peanuts, poultry, red meat, rice, spinach, tomatoes, turnip greens, vegetables, wheat germ, yeast |
Iodine |
Cheese, dairy products, fish, milk, salt, sea foods, yogurt |
Magnesium |
Almonds, avocado, baked beans, banana, black-eyed peas, bread, cashews, chocolate milk, green vegetables, halibut, kidney beans, nuts, legumes, lentils, milk, nuts, oatmeal, potato, peanut butter, peanuts, pinto beans, raisins, rice, soybeans, spinach, unmilled grains, wheat bran, wheat germ, yogurt |
Manganese |
Cereals, fruits, tea, vegetables, whole grains |
Molybdenum |
Breads, brown rice, cereals, legumes |
Phosphorus |
American cheese, beans, bran flakes, broccoli, cheese, chicken, corn, cottage cheese, fish, grains, green leafy vegetables, hamburger, lentils, lobster, meats, milk, nuts, peanut butter, peanuts, peas, pine nuts, pork, potato, poultry, sunflower seeds, tuna, turkey, whole wheat bread, yogurt |
Potassium |
Fresh meats, fruits, vegetables |
Selenium |
Beef, Brazil nuts, bread, cheddar cheese, chicken, cod, cottage cheese, egg, liver, macaroni, meat, noodles, oatmeal, rice, sea foods, spaghetti with meat sauce, tuna, turkey, walnuts |
Sodium |
Table salt, processed foods |
Vanadium |
Buckwheat, corn, oats, tomato |
Vitamin A (retinol) |
Apricots, beef, cantaloupe, carrots, cheese, chicken, dark leafy vegetables, kale, liver, mango, milk, oatmeal, papaya, peaches, peas, peppers, spinach, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, yellow squashes, |
Vitamin B1 (thiamin) |
Brewer's yeast, legumes, nuts, organ meats, pork, seeds, whole grain products |
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) |
Beef, bread, broccoli, collard greens, cheese, dairy products, eggs, enriched or fortified grain products, liver, meats, milk, noodles, organ meats, pork chop, spinach, tuna, yogurt |
Vitamin B3 (niacin) |
Animal protein, whole grain products |
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) |
Animal products, legumes, whole grain cereals |
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) |
Avocado, banana, bran, bread, chicken, chickpeas, fish, flour products, fortified breakfast cereal, garbanzo beans, kidney, lima beans, liver, oatmeal, pasta, peanut butter, pork, potato, roast beef, soybeans, spinach, starchy vegetables, sunflower seeds, tomatoes, trout, tuna, walnuts, wheat bran |
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin, cyanocobalamin) |
Beef, chicken, clams, dairy products, egg, fortified breakfast cereal, haddock, liver, meat, milk, mollusks, pork, salmon, shellfish, trout, tuna, yogurt. |
Vitamin C (ascorbid acid) |
Broccoli, collard greens, grapefruit, guava, lemons, limes, oranges, peppers, potatoes, spinach, strawberries, tomatoes |
Vitamin D (cholecalciferol) |
Beef, cheese, cod liver oil, egg, fortified breakfast cereal, fortified dairy products, liver, mackerel, margarine, milk, salmon, sardines, tuna |
Vitamin E (tocopherol) |
Almonds, broccoli, corn oil, green leafy vegetables, hazelnuts, kiwi, mango, margarine, nuts, peanut butter, peanuts, safflower oil, soybean oil, spinach, sunflower oil, sunflower seeds, vegetable oil, wheat germ |
Vitamin K (phylloquinone, K1) |
Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, canola oil, collards, green leafy vegetables, kale, mustard greens, parsley, soybean oil, spinach, Swiss chard, turnip greens, |
Zinc |
Eggs, cereal, dairy products, liver, meat, nuts, oysters, seafood, whole grains |
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Updated:  
March 22, 2017