Vitamin C/Catalogs

Plant sources of vitamin C

The following table is approximate and shows the relative abundance in different raw plant sources. The amount is given in milligrams per 100 grams of fruit or vegetable (for comparison, one 5 ml teaspoon of pure vitamin C powder weighs 5,000 milligrams).

Plant source	Amount (mg/100 g)
Billy Goat plum	3150
Camu Camu	2800
Wolfberry	2500
Rose hip	2000
Acerola	1600
Amla	720
Jujube	500
Baobab	400
Blackcurrant	200
Red pepper	190
Parsley	130
Seabuckthorn	120
Guava	100
Kiwifruit	90
Broccoli	90
Loganberry	80
Redcurrant	80
Brussels sprouts	80
Lychee	70
Cloudberry	60
Persimmon	60

Plant source	Amount (mg/100 g)
Papaya	60
Strawberry	60
Orange	50
Lemon	40
Melon, cantaloupe	40
Cauliflower	40
Grapefruit	30
Raspberry	30
Tangerine	30
Mandarin orange	30
Passion fruit	30
Spinach	30
Cabbage raw green	30
Lime	20
Mango	20
Potato	20
Melon, honeydew	20
Mango	16
Tomato	10
Blueberry	10
Pineapple	10

Plant source	Amount (mg/100 g)
Pawpaw	10
Grape	10
Apricot	10
Plum	10
Watermelon	10
Banana	9
Carrot	9
Avocado	8
Crabapple	8
Peach	7
Apple	6
Blackberry	6
Beetroot	5
Pear	4
Lettuce	4
Cucumber	3
Eggplant	2
Fig	2
Bilberry	1
Horned melon	0.5
Medlar	0.3
cranberries	?

Animal sources of vitamin C

The following table shows the relative abundance of vitamin C in various foods of animal origin, given in mg of vitamin C per 100 grams of food:

Food	Amount (mg/100 g)
Calf liver (raw)	36
Beef liver (raw)	31
Oysters (raw)	30
Cod roe (fried)	26
Pork liver (raw)	23
Lamb brain (boiled)	17
Chicken liver (fried)	13
Lamb liver (fried)	12
Lamb heart (roast)	11

Food	Amount (mg/100 g)
Lamb tongue (stewed)	6
Human milk (fresh)	4
Goat milk (fresh)	2
Cow milk (fresh)	2
Beef steak (fried)	0
Hen's egg (raw)	0
Pork bacon (fried)	0
Calf veal cutlet (fried)	0
Chicken leg (roast)	0