Table 3.

Dietary sources of selected vitamins in all children, girls, and boys

		All (n=430)	Girls (n=213)	Boys (n=217)
Ranka	Food group	% of intake	% of intake	% of intake
Vitamin D
1	Skimmed milkb	31.9	32.0	31.8
2	Fat-containing milkb	16.1	16.7	15.6
3	High-fat vegetable oil–based spreadsb	11.1	12.2	10.1
4	Fish	9.7	8.4	10.8
5	Low-fat vegetable oil–based spreadsb	6.5	6.0	6.9
6	Shortenings and other added fats	6.3	6.7	6.0
7	Fish products	3.0	2.8	3.1
8	Egg	2.9	3.1	2.7
9	Pork	2.5	2.4	2.6
10	Butter and butter-based spreads	1.5	1.3	1.7
Vitamin E
1	Vegetable oil	14.1	13.1	15.1
2	High-fat vegetable oil-based spreads	12.8	13.5	12.2
3	Non-root vegetables	5.4	5.8	5.0
4	High-fibre bread	5.2	5.4	5.1
5	Low-fat vegetable oil–based spreads	5.1	4.4	5.6
6	Shortenings and other added fats	4.4	4.4	4.4
7	Fruit	4.1	4.6	3.7
8	Low-fibre bread	3.9	4.0	3.8
9	Egg	3.8	3.9	3.6
10	Butter and butter-based spreads	3.1	2.7	3.4
Folate
1	Non-root vegetables	13.5	14.4	12.7
2	Potato	11.5	11.5	11.5
3	Skimmed milk	9.3	8.9	9.7
4	Sour milk products	6.5	6.2	6.8
5	High-fibre bread	6.0	6.2	5.8
6	Fruit	5.8	6.3	5.3
7	Fat-containing milk	4.5	4.4	4.6
8	Low-fibre grain products	3.9	3.7	4.0
9	Low-fibre bread	3.8	3.6	4.0
10	Egg	3.3	3.3	3.3
Vitamin C
1	Non-root vegetables	22.3	23.1	21.4
2	Sugar-sweetened beverage	18.4	17.3	19.5
3	Fruit	14.4	15.9	12.9
4	Fruit juice	13.6	12.6	14.5
5	Berry	10.5	10.3	10.7
6	Potato	7.2	7.0	7.3
7	Skimmed milk	4.9	4.6	5.2
8	Fat-containing milk	2.4	2.3	2.5
9	Root vegetables	2.0	2.1	2.0
10	Sour milk products	0.9	0.8	1.0

^aRank for all children.

^bFortified with vitamin D.