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Theme: Vitamin D

Vitamin D

Mean daily intake of vitamin D per unit of energy (MJ) by age group, for men and women. (The National FINDIET 2007 Survey in Finland.)

Mean intake of vitamin D by age group for men and women. Recommendation is 1 μg/MJ. (The National FINDIET 2007 Survey in Finland.)

Mean intake of vitamin D by area for men and women. (The National FINDIET 2007 Survey in Finland.)

Source: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Nutrition Unit. Fineli. Finnish food composition database.

Food	Content / portion µg	Portion mass g
Eel	25.6	100
Lamprey	25.6	100
Zander, pike-perch	24.6	100
Whitefish, pollan, lavaret	22.1	100
Baltic herring fillet	19.5	100
Mushroom	15.9	100
Herring pickled, average	15.4	100
Bream	14.0	100
Vendace, fried	13.1	100
Salmon, salted	12.5	100
Margarine 30% fat	10.0	100
Infant formula average powder	9.6	100
Roe average	9.5	100
Perch fried	8.3	100
Salmon fillet	8.0	100
Egg yolk, fried	6.8	100
Milk-cap northern	5.5	100
Boletus edible, boiled	4.5	100
False morel	4.4	100
Mushroom boletus, russula	4.4	100
Sushi with seaweed and salmon	4.2	100
Tuna in water	4.0	100

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