Are all citrus fruits high in vitamin C?
Citrus fruits – which include the common orange and grapefruit as well as the tangerine, clementine, tangelo, kumquat and ugli fruit – are all excellent sources of vitamin C. On their own, one standard serving of these fruits packs from 20 to 70 milligrams (mg) of vitamin C. Although this doesn’t quite meet the daily recommended needs for adults (current recommendations call for 75 mg of vitamin C a day for women and 90 mg for men; daily goals for children range from 25 to 75 mg, depending on age), you can easily obtain your daily quota by adding up the smaller contributions of the other vegetables and fruits that you need for overall good health. Besides citrus fruits, other produce rich in vitamin C includes strawberries, kiwi, cantaloupe, broccoli and bell peppers. *** The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) is the cancer charity that fosters research on the relationship of nutrition, physical activity and weight management to cancer risk, interprets the scientific literat
