Foods high in Vitamin C (USDA SR Legacy)

Vitamin C breaks down under heat, so fresh produce ranks higher than cooked. Freezing stops the clock; frozen fruit retains nearly as much as the day it was picked. Fortification adds it back to some juices and cereals, which is why processed items sometimes beat whole foods on this table. What you see here is what reaches your mouth, not what left the farm.

Citrus, berries, peppers and leafy greens concentrate vitamin C most densely. Your body cannot store it, so repeated small amounts across the day matter more than one large dose. The ranking captures a single snapshot; ripeness, storage time and how a food was handled shift these figures considerably.

FDA daily value: 90 mg

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Showing 101–150 of 3,530 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV
101	Balsam-pear (bitter gourd), pods, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	84.00 mg	93%
102	Pepper, banana, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	82.70 mg	92%
103	Pokeberry shoots, (poke), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	82.00 mg	91%
104	Pokeberry shoots, (poke), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	82.00 mg	91%
105	Snacks, SUNKIST, SUNKIST Fruit Roll, strawberry, with vitamins A, C, and E	Snacks	81.60 mg	91%
106	Potatoes, mashed, dehydrated, flakes without milk, dry form	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	81.00 mg	90%
107	Babyfood, fruit, guava and papaya with tapioca, strained	Baby Foods	80.90 mg	90%
108	Spices, saffron	Spices and Herbs	80.80 mg	90%
109	Peppers, sweet, green, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	80.40 mg	89%
110	Lambsquarters, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	80.00 mg	89%
111	Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, ENFACARE, with iron, powder, with ARA and DHA	Baby Foods	79.00 mg	88%
112	Infant formula, ABBOTT NUTRITION, SIMILAC, NEOSURE, powder, with ARA and DHA	Baby Foods	77.20 mg	86%
113	Babyfood, juice, orange and apple	Baby Foods	76.90 mg	85%
114	Beverage, instant breakfast powder, chocolate, not reconstituted	Dairy and Egg Products	76.90 mg	85%
115	Spices, pepper, red or cayenne	Spices and Herbs	76.40 mg	85%
116	Formulated bar, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS MARATHON Protein Performance Bar, Caramel Nut Rush	Snacks	75.00 mg	83%
117	Beverages, nutritional shake mix, high protein, powder	Beverages	75.00 mg	83%
118	Onions, dehydrated flakes	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	75.00 mg	83%
119	Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot	Soups, Sauces, and Gravies	74.80 mg	83%
120	Peppers, sweet, green, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	74.40 mg	83%
121	Peppers, sweet, green, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	74.40 mg	83%
122	Brussels sprouts, frozen, unprepared	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	74.10 mg	82%
123	Sesbania flower, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	73.00 mg	81%
124	Cauliflower, green, cooked, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	72.60 mg	81%
125	Cauliflower, green, cooked, no salt added	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	72.60 mg	81%
126	Litchis, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	71.50 mg	79%
127	Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER WHOLE HEARTS oat cereal	Breakfast Cereals	71.30 mg	79%
128	Oranges, raw, with peel	Fruits and Fruit Juices	71.00 mg	79%
129	Tomato juice, canned, without salt added	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	70.10 mg	78%
130	Tomato juice, canned, with salt added	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	70.10 mg	78%
131	Mustard greens, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	70.00 mg	78%
132	Beverages, Orange-flavor drink, breakfast type, with pulp, frozen concentrate, prepared with water	Beverages	69.20 mg	77%
133	Cress, garden, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	69.00 mg	77%
134	Jujube, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	69.00 mg	77%
135	Broccoli, frozen, spears, unprepared (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	68.30 mg	76%
136	Formulated bar, LUNA BAR, NUTZ OVER CHOCOLATE	Snacks	68.00 mg	76%
137	Sauce, chili, peppers, hot, immature green, canned	Soups, Sauces, and Gravies	68.00 mg	76%
138	Peppers, hot chili, green, canned, pods, excluding seeds, solids and liquids	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	68.00 mg	76%
139	Peppers, hot chili, red, canned, excluding seeds, solids and liquids	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	68.00 mg	76%
140	Sourdock, young leaves (Alaska Native)	American Indian/Alaska Native Foods	68.00 mg	76%
141	Babyfood, juice, apple and prune	Baby Foods	67.50 mg	75%
142	Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SKITTLES Tropical Bite Size Candies	Sweets	67.10 mg	75%
143	Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SKITTLES Wild Berry Bite Size Candies	Sweets	67.10 mg	75%
144	Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SKITTLES Original Bite Size Candies	Sweets	66.80 mg	74%
145	Persimmons, native, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	66.00 mg	73%
146	Cereals ready-to-eat, RALSTON Corn Flakes	Breakfast Cereals	65.00 mg	72%
147	Mustard spinach, (tendergreen), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	65.00 mg	72%
148	Mustard spinach, (tendergreen), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	65.00 mg	72%
149	Broccoli, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	64.90 mg	72%
150	Broccoli, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	64.90 mg	72%

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Foods high in Vitamin C (USDA SR Legacy)

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