TABLE 2.
Vitamin D Content of Selected Foods
| Food Item | Amount | Vitamin D (mcg) |
Vitamin D (IU) |
% Daily Value* |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herring, Atlantic | 100 gm | 40.7 | 1,628 | 407 | Weihrauch |
| Salmon, canned, pink | 100 gm | 15.6 | 624 | 156 | Weihrauch |
| Halibut, Greenland | 100 gm | 15.0 | 600 | 150 | Weihrauch |
| Catfish, channel | 100 gm | 12.5 | 500 | 125 | Weihrauch |
| Tuna, light meat, canned in oil | 100 gm | 5.9 | 236 | 59 | Weihrauch |
| Yoplait yogurt, regular or light | 6 oz = 170 gm | 2.0 | 80 | 20 | www.yoplait.com |
| Orange juice, vitamin D fortified | 100 gm | 1.4 | 57 | 14 | USDA National Nutrient Database, Release, 21 |
| Egg, chicken, whole | 100 gm | 1.3 | 52 | 11 | Weihrauch |
| Milk, cow, whole, vitamin D fortified | 100 gm | 1.0 | 40 | 10 | Weihrauch |
| Milk, cow, 2%, vitamin D fortified | 100 gm | 1.0 | 40 | 10 | Weihrauch |
| Milk, cow, skim, vitamin D fortified | 100 gm | 1.0 | 40 | 10 | Weihrauch |
| Cereals, ready-to-eat, fortified** | varies approx 1 cup (25–30 gm) |
1.0 | 40 | 10 | Product info—see below |
| Soymilk, lowfat, fortified with calcium, vitamins A and D |
100 gm | 1.0 | 41 | 10 | USDA National Nutrient Database, Release, 21 |
| Milk, goat, whole | 100 gm | .3 | 12 | 3 | Weihrauch |
| Cheeseburger | 100 gm | .3 | 12 | 3 | Weihrauch |
| Milk, human, whole, fluid | 100 gm | .09 | 4 | 1 | Weihrauch |
Based on a Daily Value = 400 IU for adults and children older than 4 years old. Food labels are not required to list vitamin D content unless fortified.
Examples of ready-to-eat cereals fortified with vitamin D include: Corn Chex®, Cherrios®, Wheaties®, Special K®, Product 19®, and Corn Flakes®. Many others are available and identified by reading the nutrition facts labels on food packages.
General Mills product information retrieved February 4, 2009, from http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/brands/brand.aspx?catID = 50amp;groupID = 19412
Kellogg product information retrieved February 2, 2009, from http://www2.kelloggs.com/Product/FoodCategory.aspx?id = cereal
United States Department of Agriculture. National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21 (2008). Retrieved February 4, 2009, from http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/cgi-bin/nut_search_new.pl
Weihrauch, J. L., & Tamaki, J., (1999, March). Provisional table on the vitamin D content of foods, United Stated Department of Agriculture, Human Nutrition Information Service, HNIS/PT-108.
Yoplait product information retrieved February 4, 2009, from http://www.yoplait.com/products_original.aspx mcg = microgram, IU = International Unit, 1 mcg = 40 IU