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List of foods that contain fluoride
Foods of animal origin rich in fluorine
The foods richest in fluoride of animal origin are oily fish, shellfish, pork and fatty cheeses. Among them we have the following from highest to lowest quantity (in mg per 100 g):
- Salmon (0.58)
- Dry and salted cod (0.50)
- Canned salmon (0.45)
- Smoked herring (0.36)
- Herring (0.35)
- Mackerel (0.35)
- Pig liver (0.29)
- Lobster (0.21)
- Cod (0.20)
- Kidneys of lamb (0.20)
- Skim milk powder (0,17)
- Frankfurter sausages (0.17)
- Prawn (0.16)
- Parmesan cheese (0.16)
- Complete milk powder (0,15)
- Cheddar cheese (0.14)
- Lamb liver (0,13)
- Pork shoulder (0,08)
Supplements rich in fluoride
Among the fluoride -rich supplements, we have the following:
Plant-foods rich in fluoride
Among the foods of vegetable origin rich in fluoride we have nuts, especially walnuts, cereals, green soybeans and some vegetables such as spinach. Among all of them, from greater to lesser quantity we have the following grouped by food groups
* Cereals:
- Ripped flour (0.24)
- Buckwheat (0.17)
- Rye flakes (0,15)
- Rye flour (0,15)
- Spaghetti (0.10)
- Wheat bran (0.10)
- Wheat flour (0.09)
* Fruits: Fluoride levels in fruits are low. Among all of them the richest are the citrus fruits:
- Oranges (0.05)
- Grapefruits (0.04)
* Nuts: Fluoride content is very high in some of them like walnuts
- Walnuts (0.70).
- Cashew nuts (0.14)
- Peanuts (0.13)
- Almonds (0.10)
* Vegetables: The level of fluoride in vegetables is very low (between 0.01 and 0.05 mg) except for:
- Tender spinach (0.10 mg). Frozen or boiled spinach lacks fluoride)
- Parsley (0.10)
* Legumes:
- Green soybeans (0.36) Soy milk or soybean meal lacks fluoride.
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