Human Nutrition 3(3+0)

Lesson 21 : Vitamin D

Sources of vitamin D

The Vitamin D content of certain foods is given in below table.

Table: Vitamin D content of animal foods

Food	Vitamin D
	(µg/100g)	I.U./100g
Fish liver oils
Halibut liver oil	500-10,000	20,000-4,00,000
Cod liver oil	200-750	8,000-30,000
Shark liver oil Other foods	30-100	1,200-4,000
Fat, fish(sardine, salmon herring)	5-30	200-1,200
Egg,hen, whole	1.25-1.5	50-60
Egg, yolk	3-4	120-160
Butter	0.5-1.5	20-60
Ghee(clarified butter)	0.5-1.5	20-60
Milk powder, full fat	0.4-0.6	15-25
Milk, fresh, whole	0.05-0.1	2-4

(1 microgram of vitamin D = 40 I.U)