Sources of Vitamin C

Sources of Vitamin C can be found throughout the diet - primarily in fruits, vegetables, and fruit juices. Because of its popularity often other foods and drinks are supplemented with Vitamin C - both for the nutritional value and for the tangy taste it imparts.

Among the natural sources of vitamin C, citrus fruits are perhaps the most famous. All citrus fruit contains vitamin C, including oranges, tangerines, mandarins, grapefruits, lemons, limes and pummelos. The vitamin c concentration in these sources varies widely, but typical concentrations, stated in mg/100g are for the citrus sources of vitamin C are:

Natural vitamin c sources also can be found in numerous other fruits, such as strawberries, raspberries, cantaloupe melon, cauliflower, passion fruit, guava and pineapple. Likewise, vegetables are also sources of vitamin c, including, potatoes and tomatoes. Here is a sampling of the vitamin c concentrations in various natural sources of vitamin C among vegetables and fruits:

A surprise to a lot of people is that animals also can be great sources of vitamin C. Most notably, liver is rich in the vitamin. Cow and goat milk also contains vitamin c, albeit only at 5% of the concentration found in oranges.