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. 2022 Jul 1;13:929176. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.929176

Table 1.

Average content of iodine in the most common foods (Italian National Observatory for the monitoring of iodine prophylaxis – OSNAMI).

 Food category Food µg iodine/g of wet mass(M ± DS)
 Fish and fishery products Mussels, clams, squid, red mullet, cod,
Atlantic tuna, European hake
0.74±0.24
 Cereals (pasta and bread) Pasta, pizza, breakfast cereals 0.06±0.02
 Milk and milk-based drinks Milk, yogurt 0.15±0.06
 Semi-matured cheese Cow cheese 0.30±0.06
 Meat Beef, pork, poultry 0.03±0.01
 Egg - 0.08± 0.03
 Fruit/vegetable Leafy vegetable, tomato, root, fresh fruit 0.03±0.01
 Water and drinks - <cutoff detection
 Salt Coarse iodized salt, fine iodized salt 29.8±2.5