Table 11.
Micronutrients of ‘superfoods’ and number of selected websites that mentioned each one.
| Micronutrient | Food | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kale | Spinach | Salmon | Blueberries | Avocado | Chia | Walnuts | Beans | Fermented Milks | Garlic | |
| Vitamins (in general) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| Vitamin A/provitamin A | 10 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vitamin D | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Vitamin E | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Vitamin K | 6 | 5 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Vitamins B | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Vitamin B1 (thiamine) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Vitamin B3 (niacin) | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Biotin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Folic acid /folate | 4 | 6 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Vitamin C | 12 | 9 | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Minerals (in general) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| Calcium | 10 | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | - |
| Iron | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| Phosphorus | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Iodine | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Magnesium | 3 | 4 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - |
| Zinc | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Selenium | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Copper | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Manganese | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Potassium | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | - |