THE :\IEAXIXG OF FOOD 



105 



RELATIVE AMOUNTS OF \ ITAMIXS IX DIFFERENT 



FOODSTUFFS 



The number of + signs after each item indicates the relative amount of the given 

 kind of vitamin found in it. This information has been brought together by various 



workers from many sources 



Classes of Foodstlffs 



Vitamin A 



Lean meats 



Calf's brains 



Liver 



Kidney 



Pancreas (" belly sweetbreads ") 

 Thymus (" chest sweetbreads ") 



Milk, whole . . . 

 Milk, skimmed . . 



Butter 



Cream 



Cheese, full cream 

 Eggs 



Bread, whole wheat 



Bread, white 



Rice, whole grain 



Rice, polished 



Oats, maize (whole grain) . . . 

 Cereals, fine meal, bran removed 



Cabbage, fresh 

 Cabbage, dried 

 Spinach . . . 

 Lettuce . . . 

 Sweet potatoes 

 Parsnips . . 

 Carrots . . . 

 Potatoes . . 



Beans, peas, lentils, dried 



Peas, fresh 



Onions 



Apples, pears, limes . . 

 Lemons, oranges . . . 



Grapefruit 



Tomatoes 



Cod-liver oil 



Lard, cottonseed oil. olive oil . . 

 Sugar, meat extracts, malt extract 

 Yeast, fresh 



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 + + 

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+ + + 

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+ + + + 



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Vrr.\Mix B Vitamin C 



+ 



+ -f- + 



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+ 



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+ 



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+ -f- ^ 



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+ + -F 

 + + 



+ + -^ 

 + -- 

 + + + 



+ + 



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 + + 



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+ + + 

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