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. 2021 Mar 9;151(4):999–1007. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa426

TABLE 2.

Top 10 contributors to total vitamin D intake in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study1

Food groups Mean vitamin D intake (μg/d) Contribution to total vitamin D (%)
Vitamin supplements2 2.4 34.1
Milk 2.0 28.4
Fish 1.1 15.3
Cereal (cold, ready-to-eat)3 0.3 4.4
Eggs 0.3 4.2
Beef 0.2 2.3
Chicken/turkey 0.1 2.0
Yogurt 0.1 2.0
Processed meat, sausage, franks 0.1 1.8
Pork 0.1 1.3
1

Ranking using 64 food groups and supplements; above 10 items explain 95.8% of intake.

2

Multivitamins and single supplements.

3

Includes fortified cereals.