Vitamin D and Health

Food
FISH
TABLE 1- Vitamin D content of dietary sources of vitamin D (Finglas et al., 2015)
Mean vitamin D content
per 100g
Vitamin D content of
typical portion size
µg IU µg IU
Herring (grilled) 16.1 644 19.2 768
Salmon (farmed, grilled) 7.8 312 8.3 332
Salmon (farmed, steamed) 9.3 372 9.9 396
Salmon (pink, canned in brine, drained) 13.6 544 14.4 576
Salmon (cold & hot smoked) 8.9-11 356-440 5.0-6.2 200-248
Mackerel (grilled) 8.5 340 13.6 544
Mackerel (smoked) 8.2 328 12.3 492
Sardines (grilled) 5.1 204 4.4 176
Sardines (canned in brine, drained) 3.3 132 1.5 60
Tuna (baked) 3.1 124 4.7 188
Tuna (canned in brine, drained) 1.1 44 0.9 36
EGGS
Eggs (whole, boiled) 3.2 128 1.7 68
Eggs (yolk, boiled) 12.6 504 2.3 92
MEAT
Liver (lamb, fried) 0.9 36 0.9 36
Liver (calf, fried) 0.3 12 0.3 12
Beef (rump steak, fried) 0.7 28 1 40
FORTIFIED FOODS
Bran flakes 4.2 168 1.3 52
Cornflakes 4.2 168 1.3 52
Rice cereal 4.2 168 1.3 52
Fat spreads (reduced fat 62-75% polyunsaturated) 7.5 300 0.75 30
Vitamin D intakes in the UK (Tables 1-18, Annex 3)
8.15 Data on mean vitamin D intakes in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are generally similar to those
for the overall UK population and are therefore not detailed in this section but are provided in Annex
3 (Tables 10-12).
8.16 RNIs for vitamin D were only set for specific groups at risk of insufficient sunshine exposure: infants
and children aged 0-3y and adults aged 65y and above (DH, 1991). Intakes in this section are
compared with the current RNIs for these population groups.
Infants and young children (4-18 months)
8.17 Mean intakes of vitamin D from food sources was higher in non breastfed infants compared to breast
fed infants (excluding intake from breast milk, as the vitamin D content of breast milk is unknown).
8.18 For non breast fed infants, mean daily intakes of vitamin D were 9.8 µg/392 IU (4-6m), 8.7 µg/348 IU
(7-9m), 7.5 µg/300 IU (10-11m) and 3.5 µg/140 IU (12-18m). For breastfed infants (excluding breast
milk) mean daily intakes were 3 µg/120 IU (4-6m), 3.2 µg/128 IU (7-9m), 2.7 µg/108 IU (10-11m) and
1.8 µg/72 IU (12-18m).
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