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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 



Vitamin C 



Vitamin 

 D 



Riboflavin 

 vitamin Q 



Units per 100 grams ' 



Lard 



Leek 



Lemon juice 



Lentils, dried 



Lettuce, green 



Bleached 



Romaine or cos 



Lime juice 



Liver, beef 



Calf 



Chicken 



Lamb 



Pig 



Mango 



Milk 



Whole fresh, average mar- 

 ket. 

 From cows on dry feed- 

 From cows on pasture. 

 Whole dried: 



Average 



From cows on dry feed- 

 From cows on pasture.. 



Skim 



Skim, dried 



Molasses 



Mushrooms 



Mustard greens 



Oats (rolled or oatmeal) 



Okra 



Olive, canned: 



Green 



Ripe 



Olive oil, refined 



Onion: 



Green 



Mature 



Orange juice 



Int. 



4 



Fair 







Trace 



4,000 



100 



800 



9,000 



7,000 



Excellent 



Excellent 



Excellent 



1,500 



Oyster 



Papaya 



Parsley 



Parsnip 



Pea: 



Green, fresh 



Green, dried 



Peach: 



White 



Yellow 



Yellow, dried 



Peanut: 



Jumbo 



Roasted 



Spanish 



Spanish, roasted 



See footnotes at end of table. 



110 



55 

 175 



875 



450 



1,400 



2 



20 











Excellent 



Trace 



400 



190 



125 







Fair 

 



45-350 



140 



2,500 



30, 000 



Trace 



1,000 

 1,200 



5 

 1,000 

 3,000 







Int.' 

 

 60 

 10 

 170 

 25 

 25 



75 

 70 

 75 

 75 

 100 

 30 



20 



20 

 20 



120 



15 



120 







30 



45 



180 



40 



10 

 30 



25 

 40' 



140 

 175 



10 

 10 



320 

 90 



300 

 60 



Int» 



400 

 900 

 

 250 

 250 



750 



Fresh 750 



Fresh 650 



Fresh 450 



Fresh 750 



Fresh 525 



600 



Raw 40 



Past. 25 



Raw 30 

 Raw 50 



























Trace 



2,500 







400 





 



275 



160 



f 450-1, 200 



\ av. 900 



5 



900 



2,000 



450 



500 



200 



200 







45 

 15 

 50 

 20 

 45 



Sherman * 







Fair 



Trace 



105 



75 



15 



30 



600 

 550 

 Excellent 

 550 

 600 

 20 



75 



60 

 80 



Excellent 



35 



Fair 



30 

 5 



60 



65 

 100 



20 



Good 

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