Table 1.

Data on the contents of major carotenoids in fruits and vegetables common in the human diet (mg/100 g) [1,47,48].

Food	Lutein	Zeaxanthin	β-Cryptoxanthin	α-Carotene	β-Carotene	Lycopene
Avocado	0.21–0.36	0.01	0.02–0.03	0.02–0.03	0.05–0.08	–
Banana	0.09–0.19	–	n.d.–0.01	0.06–0.16	0.04–0.13	n.d.–0.25
Peach	–	–	–	–	–	0.01
Guava	–	–	0.02–0.12	n.d.	0.10–2.67	0.77–1.82
Fig	0.08	–	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.32
Kiwi	–	–	–	–	<0.02	<0.01
Mandarin Orange	–	–	0.63–1.06	n.d.	0.11–0.32	–
Mango	–	–	0.02–0.32	n.d.	0.11–1.20	<0.01–0.72
Apple	0.02	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	0.019	n.d.
Passion fruit	–	–	0.18	–	0.36–0.78	–
Orange	–	–	0.07–0.14	n.d.	0.17–0.48	n.d.
Peach	–	0.02–0.04	0.004–0.02	–	0.14–0.26	–
Papaya	0.09–0.32	–	n.d.–1.03	n.d.	0–08–0.66	n.d.–7.56
Pineapple	–	–	0.07–0.12	n.d.	0.14–0.35	0.27–0.61
Watermelon	–	–	n.d.	n.d.	0.31–0.78	4.77–13.52
Grapefruit	–	–	–	–	–	0.75
Tangerine	0.17	il	0.43	0.03	0.26	–
Grape	0.01	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	0.02	n.d.
Plum	0.08–0.09	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	0.09–0.14	n.d.
Apricot	0.12–0.19	n.d.–0.04	–	n.d.–0.04	0.59–3.80	0.05
Chard	3.60	0.01	n.d.	n.d.	2.90	n.d.
Artichoke	0.59–0.63	–	–	–	0.27–0.37	–
Broccoli	0.71–3.30	–	n.d.	n.d.	0.29–1.75	n.d.
Pumpkin	0.63	–	0.06	–	0.49	0.50
Sweet Potato	0.05	–	–	–	7.83	–
Peas	1.91	il	n.d.	n.d.	0.52	n.d.
Red Pepper	0.25–8.51	0.59–1.35	0.25–0.45	n.d.–0.29	1.44–2.39	–
Jalapeño Pepper	0.84	–	–	0.01–0.17	0.38–8.58	–
Spinach	5.93–7.90	il	n.d.	n.d.	3.10–4.81	n.d.
Lettuce	1.00–4.78	–	–	–	0.87–2.96	–
Corn	0.41	0.22	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.	n.d.
Cucumber	0.46–0.84	il	n.d.	n.d.	0.11–0.27	n.d.
Red chili	n.d.	–	–	–	6.53–15.40	–
Cabbage	0.45	il	n.d.	n.d.	0.41	n.d.
Tomato	0.05–0.21	il	n.d.	n.d.	0.32–1.50	0.85–12.70
Carrot	0.25–0.51	il	n.d.	2.84–4.96	4.35–8.84	n.d.
Kale	4.80–11.47	–	–	–	1.02–7.38	–
Parsley	6.40–10.65	il	n.d.	n.d.	4.44–4.68	n.d.
Coriander	6.00–14.80	–	–	2.90–11.30	4.80–8.40	–

–: not included in the references, n.d.: not detected or quantified, il: included in lutein.