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Table 1 Amounts of Vitamin D in Various Foods*
| Food Items with Vitamin D | Vitamin D/Portion in IU/portion | Vitamin D/Portion in µg/portion |
| Ready-to-Eat Cereal (serving) |
40
|
1
|
| Egg Substitutes (1) |
22
|
0.55
|
| Real Egg (1) |
24
|
0.6
|
| Evaporated Milk (cup) |
24
|
0.6
|
| Nonfat, Dry Milk (cup) |
100
|
2.5
|
| Whole, Fresh, Fortified Milk (cup) |
100
|
2.5
|
| Coffee Cream (1 oz) |
16
|
0.4
|
| Butter (2 pats) |
4
|
0.1
|
| Cheese (100g) |
12
- 16
|
0.3
- 0.4
|
| Liver: | ||
| Beef (100g) |
8
|
0.2
|
| Calf (100g) |
0
- 12
|
0
-0.3
|
| Chicken (100g) |
48
- 68
|
1.2
- 1.7
|
| Fish/Seafood: | ||
| Swordfish (100g) |
1800
|
45
|
| Sardines (100g can) |
1160
- 1560
|
29
- 39
|
| Mackerel (100g raw) |
1120
|
28
|
| Salmon (100g can/serving) |
240
- 480
|
6
- 12
|
| Salmon (100g raw) |
160
- 560
|
4
- 14
|
| Herring (100g raw or canned) |
320
|
8
|
| Halibut (100g) |
40
|
1
|
| Shrimp (100g) |
160
|
4
|
| Oysters (3-4 medium-sized) |
4
|
0.1
|
*Bowes & Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used; Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1998. Neer, RM, The Evolutionary Significance of Vitamin D, Skin Pigment, and Ultraviolet Light; Am J Phys Anthrop, 1975: 43: 409-416 Garabedian et al., Prevention de la carence en vitamine D chez l'enfant et l'adolescent; Arch Pediatr, 1999: 6: 990-1000.
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