Monday, August 02, 2010

Food Rich in Iron

food Source

Serving Size (oz.)

Iron (mg)

Soybeans mature boiled ½ cup 4.4
Lentil Cooked ½ cup 3.3
Red Kidney Beans boiled ½ cup 2.6
Garbanzo Beans boiled ½ cup 2.4
Cowpeas cooked ½ cup 2.2
Baked beans, canned ½ cup 2.0
Mung Beans. boiled ½ cup 1.41
Tofu firm ½ cup 1.8
Spinach, cooked ½ cup 3.2
Potato baked with skin 1 medium 2.8
Soybeans green cooked ½ cup 2.2
Lima Beans ½ cup 1.8
Spinach, raw 1 cup 1.5
Peas, frozen and prepared ½ cup 1.3
Green Peas cooked ½ cup 1.2
Broccoli, raw 1 stalk 1.1
Black-eyed peas cooked ½ cup 0.9
Broccoli, cooked ½ cup 0.6
Rice, white enriched, cooked 1 cup 1.8
Bread whole wheat 2 Slices 1.7
Rice, brown, cooked 1 cup 1.0
Roti whole-grain wheat made with 1/5 cup flour 0.93
Bread White 2 Slices 1.4
Pumpkin seeds roasted 1 oz 4.2
Figs dried 5 each 2.1
Apricots, dried, med.-size 10 each 1.7
Dates 10 each 1.6
Prune juice ½ cup 1.5
Raisins, Seedless Packed ½ cup 1.5
Almonds, raw 10 - 12 each 0.7

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