Vitamin C is much more than oranges! The preference is that most of your food is local and/or seasonally appropriate, but it’s fun and productive to have occasional diversity. Explore these options:
- Acerola Cherries – half cup = 820 mg
- Rose Hips – six hips = 119 mg
- Chili Peppers – red = 65 mg
- Chili Peppers – green = 109 mg
- Guava – single fruit = 126 mg
- Sweet Yellow Peppers – half cup = 137 mg
- Blackcurrants – half cup = 101 mg
- Thyme – one ounce fresh herb = 45 mg
- Mustard Spinach – cup raw = 117 mg
- Kale – cup raw kale = 80 mg; light steaming = 53 mg
- Kiwi – one fresh = 70 mg
- Broccoli – half cup cooked = 50 mg
- Brussel Sprouts – half cup = 50 mg
- Lemons – one whole raw = 83 mg
- American Persimmons – one = 16.5 mg
- Papayas – cup = 87 mg
- Strawberries – cup = 90 mg
- Oranges – medium size = 70 mg
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