File:Food sources of vitamin C (vitamin C-rich foods).pdf

English: About 48.7% of foods contained vitamin C (also known as L-ascorbic acid). On the basis of the proposed method, the average (%) of foods containing appropriate vitamin C levels in food groups was 13.81%, of which 4.53% was the average of vitamin C source (good source of vitamin C) foods, and 9.28% was the average of high vitamin C (excellent source of vitamin C) foods. Baby foods with 72.85%, vegetables and vegetable products with 53.97%, fruits and fruit juices with 50.42%, beverages with 35.67%, and breakfast cereals with 20.29% had the highest averages of foods containing appropriate vitamin C levels. Foods containing appropriate vitamin C levels were not found in three food groups (cereal grains and pasta; fats and oils; spices and herbs) and were few in 14 food groups (baked products; beef products; finfish and shellfish products; dairy and egg products; poultry products; fast foods; legumes and legume products; soups, sauces, and gravies; pork products; lamb, veal, and game products; nut and seed products; sweets; sausages and luncheon meats; meals, entrees, and side dishes).

The highest amounts of vitamin C were found in acerola juice, acerola, wild rose hips, guavas, fruit juice (vitamin C-fortified), currants, kiwifruit, peppers (except pickled or dried), cloudberries, juice drink (vitamin C-fortified), tomato juice, willow young leaves, tea (vitamin C-fortified), formulated bar (vitamin C-fortified), nance fruit, drumstick pods, orange juice, longans, pokeberry shoots, pineapple juice, mustard spinach, kale, guava sauce, litchis, oranges, jujube, breakfast cereal (vitamin C-fortified), grapefruit juice, cauliflower, native persimmons, energy drink (vitamin C-fortified), Malabar spinach (vine spinach), pummelo, papayas, broccoli, strawberries, Tahitian taro, Brussels sprouts, pineapple, candy (vitamin C-fortified), tangerine juice, abiyuch (sacred garlic pear), leafy tips of bitter gourd, passion-fruit juice, bitter gourd pods, kohlrabi, fruit nectar (vitamin C-fortified), clementines, lambsquarters, protein shake (vitamin C-fortified), edible-podded pea, Sesbania flower, kumquats, nutrition shake (vitamin C-fortified), mustard greens, garden cress, sour dock young leaves, veal thymus, guava nectar, amaranth leaves, grapefruit, Natal plum, melons, turnip greens, mangos, mulberries, sugar apple (sweetsop), elderberries, beef spleen, cabbage (not pickled), carambola (starfruit), tangerines (mandarin oranges), water spinach (swamp cabbage), taro leaves, feijoa, veal spleen, drumstick leaves, veal lungs, potherb jute, beef lungs, borage, passion-fruit, infant formula (vitamin C-fortified), dock (plant), breadfruit, tree fern, gooseberries, mango nectar, winged bean leaves, lotus root, raspberries, pitanga fruit (Surinam cherry), water (vitamin C-fortified), watercress, immature seeds of pigeon pea, rowal fruit, fruit and vegetable-based snacks (vitamin C-fortified), collards, lamb lungs, green peas, sweet potato, cornsalad (lamb's lettuce), beet greens, mamey sapote, asparagus, rose apples, leafy tips of cowpea, tequila sunrise, soy yogurt (vitamin C-fortified), dandelion greens, applesauce (vitamin C-fortified), tomatoes, raw blackberries, soursop, beef thymus, blackberry juice, instant breakfast drink (vitamin C-fortified), guanabana nectar, immature seeds of broad bean, cowpea young pods, malted milk drink (vitamin C-fortified), turkey liver, custard apple (bullock's heart), durian, butterbur, lemons, raw plantains, Swiss chard, spinach, lamb spleen, green soybeans, radishes (except pickled or dried), coconut water drink (vitamin C-fortified), rutabagas, chicken liver (not pan-fried), watermelon, fiddlehead ferns, yam bean, loganberries, okra, yardlong bean, quinces, sapodilla, chicory greens, carrot juice, pork liver, Java plum, mammy apple, dried goji berries, yam, moose liver, jackfruit (not canned), sprouted kidney beans, and tamarind nectar.

Suggested citation: Forouzesh, Abed; Forouzesh, Fatemeh; Samadi Foroushani, Sadegh; Forouzesh, Abolfazl. A new method for calculating vitamin C content and determining appropriate vitamin C levels in foods. SSRN 2022. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4133651