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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1941 



Table 1. — Values selected as representative of the vitamin- A, vitamin-Bi, vitamin-C, 

 vitamin-D, and riboflavin content of common foods — Continued 



Food material 



Vitamin A 



Vitamin 

 B, 



Vitamin C 



Vitamin 

 D 



Riboflavin 

 vitamin O 



Units per 100 grams ' 



Beans, shelled: 



Lima 



Runner 



Soybean 



Beans, shelled, dried: 



Lima 



Navy 



Red kidney 



Soybean 



Beef, lean 



Beet 



Beet tops 



Blackberry 



Black-eyed peas (see Cow- 

 peas) . 



Blueberry 



High bush 



Low bush 



Brazil nut 



Bread: 



White 



Whole wheat 



Rye 



Broccoli, entire plant 



Flower 



Leaf 



Stem 



Brussels sprouts 



Buckwheat 



Butter, average 



From cows on dry feed 



From cows on green feed. 

 Cabbage, head: 



Young, partly green 



Mature, bleached 



Red 



Chinese 



Cantaloupe 



Carrot 



Cauliflower 



Celery stalks: 



Green 



Bleached 



Chard 



Cheese: 



Cheddar 



Cottage 



Cream 



Int. 



500 



1,000 



200 



100 

 



100 



50 







Excellent 



150 



100 



10 



Trace 

 Trace 

 Trace 

 9,000 

 5,000 

 16, 000 

 1,000 

 200 



2,400 

 1,200 

 4,000 



100 

 



Cherry 



Chicken, muscle: 



Dark 



Light 



Clam 



Codfish 



Cod-liver oil 



Collards 



2,000 



300 



2, 100 



30 



1,000 



10 



9,000 



2,000 

 500 



2, 100 

 15-550 

 av. 200 



14 

 5 

 (*) 

 7,000 



InU 



115 

 100 

 175 



175 

 170 

 150 

 400 

 40 

 15 



15 



15 



350 



20 

 100 

 70 

 37 

 45 

 45 

 25 

 60 

 150 



25 

 25 



25 

 20 

 20 

 50 



10 



10 



Fair 



15 



15 



50 

 30 



7 

 30 





 50 



Int.' 



600 

 500 

 800 





 

 







100 



1,000 



140 



120 

 90 















1,400 



2,000 



2,500 



1,500 

 

 

 

 



1,200 



1,200 



1,200 



800 



600 



100 



1,500 



100 

 100 

 750 





 

 



200 











800 



Int. 



80 



40 



150 



(*) 



Sherman * 

 100 



100 

 300 



300 

 75 

 10 



150 





 30 



75 



80 



150 



30 

 15 



15 

 20 

 20 

 35 



10 



30 



250 



Good 



60 



Excellent 

 Excellent 



Good 







100 



See footnotes at end of table. 



