Vitamin D content of over 400 types of food

Foods highest in Vitamin D

• The list is sorted by vitamin D content, not the name of the food

• per 200-calorie serving

• Note that the fish listed are wild.

  • Farmed fish (60% of the type sold in the US) typically have only 1/4 as much vitamin D

• This is for US foods - which typically have a lot more vitamin D fortification than other foods around the world

• It probably does not include the 6X more vitamin D in meat, which was found in early 2014 (see below)

See also VitaminDWiki

• Food Sources and Vitamin D category listing with associated searches

• Vitamin D from animal increases 6X when consider that already processed by animal livers

• Farmed fish not have enough vitamin D to increase levels – RCT Feb 2014

• Free-range chicken eggs have at least 3X more vitamin D – Oct 2013

  • eggs included in the list at the top of this page are probably not from free-range chickens
• Cooking reduces vitamin D content by about 30 percent – Oct 2013
  • The content figures on this page are for raw food - figure on 30% decrease for cooking

• [|"Free Range Lard" has lots of vitamin D and is good for you]

• Vitamin D home fortification- don't wait 100 years for your govt

  • far far less expensive to get from supplements/home fortification than getting it from food.

• Vitamin D fortification of food - review Dec 2011

• Vitamin D and Folate fortification of foods - April 2012

• Contributions of Sunlight and Diet to Vitamin D Status - Sept 2012

See also web

• USDA National Nutrient Database Vitamin D 51 foods