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. 2023 Mar 12;12(3):704. doi: 10.3390/antiox12030704

Table 1.

Carotenoids content per portion (mg) (Adapted from [18]).

Food Pz
(g)
Lyc
(mg)
Food Pz
(g)
β-Car
(mg)
Food Pz
(g)
α-Car
(mg)
Food Pz
(g)
β-Cry
(mg)
Food Pz
(g)
Lut-Zea
(mg)
Tomato juice,
100%
248 22.4 Carrot juice 240 22.3 Carrot juice 240 10.4 Persimmon 168 2.4 Cooked Spinach 190 29.7
Spaghetti
sauce
130 16.5 Baked
sweet potato
150 17.2 Cooked
pumpkin
245 6.6 Papaya 304 1.8 Cooked Kale 130 25.4
Watermelon 286 13.0 Cooked
spinach
190 13.7 Carrots 110 3.8 Mandarin
oranges, canned
189 1.5 Dandelion greens 55 7.5
Canned stewed
tomatoes
255 10.4 Cooked kale 130 11.4 Cooked
winter squash
245 1.7 Red peppers 119 0.6 Chard 36 4.0
Tomatoes 123 3.2 Cooked
mustard greens
140 10.3 Plantain 179 0.8 Tangerine 88 0.4 Spinach 25 3.0
Grapefruit 256 2.9 Carrots 110 9.1 Pumpkin
bread
60 0.7 Dried Papaya 23 0.2 Kale 25 2.0
Tomato catsup 15 1.8 Parsley 60 3.0 Mandarin
oranges, canned
189 0.4 Calamondin 19 0.1 Broccoli 88 1.2
Dried papaya 23 0.7 Kale 25 1.5 Dandelion greens 55 0.2 Kumquat 19 0.04 Cooked egg yolk 17 0.2

Portion size (Pz); Lycopene (Lyc); β-carotene (β-Car); α-carotene (α-Car); β-cryptoxanthin (β-Cry); Lutein (Lut); Zeaxanthin (Zea).