Vitamin D in Foods

Fat-soluble vitamin essential for calcium absorption, bone health, and immune function. Measured as D2 + D3.

Top animal source 250.0 µg
Fish oil, cod liver > 99% of all foods
Top plant source 31.9 µg
Mushrooms, brown, italian, or crimini, exposed to ultraviolet light, raw > 99% of all foods

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Top Animal Sources

Food Vitamin D (µg) All foods
1 Fish oil, cod liver
250.0
> 99%
2 Fish, halibut, Greenland, raw
27.4
> 99%
3 Fish, mackerel, salted
25.2
> 99%
4 Fish, carp, raw
24.7
> 99%
5 Fish, eel, mixed species, raw
23.3
> 99%
6 Salmon, sockeye, canned, drained solids, without skin and bones
21.5
> 99%
7 Fish, salmon, sockeye, canned, drained solids
21.0
> 99%
8 Fish, trout, rainbow, farmed, cooked, dry heat
19.0
> 99%
9 Salmon, sockeye, canned, total can contents
19.0
> 99%
10 Fish, salmon, chinook, smoked
17.1
> 99%
11 Fish, salmon, sockeye, cooked, dry heat
16.7
> 99%
12 Fish, swordfish, cooked, dry heat
16.6
> 99%
13 Fish, mackerel, Atlantic, raw
16.1
> 99%
14 Fish, sturgeon, mixed species, smoked
16.1
> 99%
15 Fish, trout, rainbow, farmed, raw
15.9
> 99%
16 Egg, yolk, dried
15.7
> 99%
17 Steelhead trout, dried, flesh (Shoshone Bannock)
15.7
> 99%
18 Steelhead trout, boiled, canned (Alaska Native)
15.1
> 99%
19 Fish, salmon, pink, canned, drained solids
14.5
> 99%
20 Fish, salmon, sockeye, raw
14.1
> 99%
21 Fish, Salmon, pink, canned, drained solids, without skin and bones
14.1
> 99%
22 Fish, swordfish, raw
13.9
> 99%
23 Fish, salmon, pink, canned, total can contents
13.7
> 99%
24 Fish, cisco, smoked
13.3
> 99%
25 Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farmed, cooked, dry heat
13.1
> 98%
26 Fish, salmon, pink, cooked, dry heat
13.0
> 98%
27 Fish, sturgeon, mixed species, cooked, dry heat
12.9
> 98%
28 Fish, whitefish, mixed species, smoked
12.8
> 98%
29 Fish, catfish, channel, wild, raw
12.5
> 98%
30 Fish, roe, mixed species, raw
12.1
> 98%
31 Fish, whitefish, mixed species, raw
12.0
> 98%
32 Fish, mackerel, Pacific and jack, mixed species, cooked, dry heat
11.4
> 98%
33 Fish, salmon, coho, wild, cooked, dry heat
11.3
> 98%
34 Milk, dry, nonfat, instant, with added vitamin A and vitamin D
11.0
> 98%
35 Milk, dry, nonfat, regular, with added vitamin A and vitamin D
11.0
> 98%
36 Fish, pompano, florida, raw
11.0
> 98%
37 Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farmed, raw
11.0
> 98%
38 Fish, salmon, pink, raw
10.9
> 98%

Top Plant Sources

Food Vitamin D (µg) All foods
39 Mushrooms, brown, italian, or crimini, exposed to ultraviolet light, raw
31.9
> 99%
40 Mushrooms, portabella, exposed to ultraviolet light, raw
28.4
> 99%
41 Mushrooms, maitake, raw
28.1
> 99%
42 Mushroom, white, exposed to ultraviolet light, raw
26.2
> 99%
43 Margarine, spread, 35-39% fat, tub
17.5
> 99%
44 Mushrooms, portabella, exposed to ultraviolet light, grilled
13.1
> 98%
45 Margarine Spread, 40-49% fat, tub
11.8
> 98%
46 Margarine-like, vegetable oil spread, 60% fat, tub, with salt, with added vitamin D
10.7
> 97%
47 Margarine-like vegetable-oil spread, stick/tub/bottle, 60% fat, with added vitamin D
10.7
> 97%

Other & Unclassified Foods

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Food Vitamin D (µg) All foods
48 Babyfood, cereal, oatmeal, dry fortified
12.7
> 98%
49 Babyfood, cereal, Oatmeal, dry, GERBER, SINGLE GRAIN, fortified
12.7
> 98%
50 Beverages, nutritional shake mix, high protein, powder
12.5
> 98%