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Food Sources of Vitamin C among Women in the PIN Study for the Total Sample and by Ethnicity

 

Food

% of Vitamin C

Overall sample

(n=2247)

Non-Hispanic

Blacks (n=971)

Non-Hispanic

Whites (n=1131)

Orange juice, grapefruit juice

25.1

23.7

27.0

Other fruit juices

13.5

14.2

12.8

Oranges, tangerines

12.6

14.7

9.4

Fortified fruit drinks

5.9

7.4

4.1

Broccoli

4.8

4.7

5.2

Strawberries (fresh, in season)

3.4

3.8

2.7

Dry cereal, excluding high fiber, fortified

2.6

2.5

2.8

Highly fortified cereals

2.2

1.4

2.9

Grapefruit

2.0

2.1

1.7

Other potatoes

2.0

1.2

2.7

Cantaloupe (in season)

2.0

1.5

2.3

Bananas

1.8

1.6

2.0

Watermelon (in season)

1.7

1.9

1.2

Tomatoes

1.5

1.0

1.8

Any other fruit

1.5

1.4

1.4

French fries, fried potatoes

1.3

1.2

1.2

Spaghetti, lasagna, pasta

1.2

0.8

1.6

Collards, kale, greens

1.0

1.4

0.4

Whole milk

0.9

0.8

1.0

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