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A sample of Vitamin-K content in some common foods

by | Jul 11, 2014 | Bone Nutrition

Vitamin K content in common foods
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This list was prepared for a 2000 Dutch study on vitamin K. The foods listed were purchased in the Netherlands, where the amounts of vitamin K1/K2 in foods are different and perhaps higher than those from food in US shops. Amounts are shown in mcg/100 g or 100 ml.

Type of food

K1

MK-4

MK-5

MK-6

MK-7

MK-8

MK-9
Meat
Beef 0.6 1.1
Chicken breast 8.9
Chicken leg 8.5
Pork steak 0.3 2.1 0.5 1.1
Salami 2.3 9.0
Luncheon meat 3.9 7.7
Fish
Shrimp 0.1
Mackerel 2.2 0.4
Herring 0.1
Plaice (flat fish) 0.2 0.3 0.1 1.6
Eel 0.3 1.7 0.1 0.4
Salmon 0.1 0.5
Fruits and vegetables
Kale 817
Spinach 387
Broccoli 156
Green peas 36.0
Sauerkraut 25.1 0.4 0.8 1.5 0.2 0.8 1.1
Natto 34.7 7.5 13.8 998 84.1
Banana 0.3
Apple 3.0
Orange 0.1
Dairy products
Whole milk 0.5 0.8 0.1
Skimmed milk
Buttermilk 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.4
Whole yoghurt 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.2
Skimmed yoghurt 0.1
Whipping cream 5.1 5.4
Chocolate 6.6 1.5
Hard cheeses 10.4 4.7 1.5 0.8 1.3 16.9 51.1
Soft cheeses 2.6 3.7 0.3 0.5 1.0 11.4 39.6
Curd cheese 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 5.1 18.7
Egg yolk 2.1 31.4 0.7
Egg white 0.9
Oils and margarines
Margarine 93.2
Butter 14.9 15.0
Corn oil 2.9
Sunflower oil 5.7
Olive oil 53.7
Bread
Rye bread 0.7
Wheaten bread 1.1
Sourdough bread 1.0
Buckwheat bread 3.0 1.1
Beverages
Tea 0.3
Coffee
Orange juice

Table from Schurges, LJ and C. Vermeer, C.2000. Determination of phylloquinone and menaquinones in food. Haemostasis, 30, 298-307. All samples were assessed in duplicate. Values are mean values. Foods were bought from shops in and around Maastricht, The Netherlands. MK-10 was not detectable in any of the foods.

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