Appendix B: Food Sources of Vitamins and Minerals

Food Sources of Vitamin B12

Food

Serving Size

Vitamin B12 Micrograms

Percent Daily Value (DV)

Tuna fish, bluefin, raw or cooked

75 g (2½ oz)

8.2–9.3

137–155

Clams, cooked

75 g (2½ oz)

74.2

1,237

Mussels, cooked

75 g (2½ oz)

25

417

Oysters, cooked

75 g (2½ oz)

18.2

303

Mackerel (king, Atlantic), cooked

75 g (2½ oz)

14

233

Roe, raw

75 g (2½ oz)

9

150

Crab, Alaska king, cooked

75 g (2½ oz)

8.6

143

Herring, cooked or kippered

250 mL (1 cup)

7.2

120

Sardines, canned in oil or tomato sauce

75 g (2½ oz)

6.8

113

Caviar (black, red)

75 g (2½ oz)

6

100

Breakfast cereal, fortified with 100% of the DV for vitamin B12

1 serving

6

100

Trout, cooked

75 g (2½ oz)

5

83

Salmon, red/sockeye, cooked

75 g (2½ oz)

4

67

Salmon, pink/humpback, with bones, canned

75 g (2½ oz)

3.7

62

Fish, tuna fish, light, canned in oil, drained solids

1.0 cup

3.21

54

Salmon, red/sockeye, cooked

75 g (2½ oz)

2.3

38

Salmon, Atlantic, wild, cooked

75 g (2½ oz)

2.3

38

Tuna fish, light, canned in water

75 g (2½ oz)

2.2

37

Soy burger

75 g (2½ oz)

1.8

30

Almond, oat, or rice milk beverage, fortified

250 mL (1 cup)

1

17

Red Star T6635+ Yeast (Vegetarian Support Formula)

2 grams

1

17

Breakfast cereals, fortified with 25% of the DV for vitamin B12

1 serving

1

17

Egg, cooked, hard-boiled

1 large

0.6

10

Sources:

https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/

http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm064928.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3174857

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24724766

https://www.dietitians.ca/Your-Health/Nutrition-A-Z/Vitamins/Food-Sources-of-Vitamin-B12.aspx

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3174857/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24724766