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. 2020 Nov 3;6(11):e05390. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05390

Table 2.

Magnesium content in selected foods of animal origin (adapted from [65, 67, 69, 70]).

Mg (mg/kg fresh wt)
Chicken (range) 196–210

Breast 210
Drumstick 196
Chicken meat products
135–142

Pork (range) 195–290

Loin 207
Neck 212
Hind leg 237
Shoulder 195
Pork products (e.g. sausages) 117–289

Fish seafoods (range) 171–2371

Fish 282
Molluscs and crustaceans 1040
Cephalopoda 278

Milk (range) 86–100

Colostrum 400
Whole (3.25% fat) 98–110
Reduced Fat (2% fat) 98–111
Low fat (1% fat) 98–112
Skim 98–113
Goat 139
Sheep 180
Water Buffalo 311

Dairy products

Cream 60
Butter 20
Cheese (range) 130–425
Parmesan 380