When most people are under the weather, they reach for NeoCitran or their trusty Vitamin C tablets and echinicia. There are a number of reasons not to use Vitamin C products because of the possible damage they can do to your health; what was once considered to be the norm may well be contributing to the problem. Darlene and I choose the practice of reducing our food intake and increase Vitamin C through fresh fruits in addition to our staple Sunrider Vitafruit. This way we reduce the load on our digestive systems and increase Vitamin C through food. Today happens to be one of those days, so I thought I’d do a little research about vitamin C containing fruit.
Without doing the research and simply going from memory, I’d have to guess Oranges and Kiwi as being the highest.
Here’s what I found out. According to Dr Sears,
Top 7 Fruits For Vitamin C Content
- Guava, 1 medium, 165 mg
- Papaya, 1 cup, 87 mg
- Strawberries, 1 cup, 84 mg
- Kiwi, 1 medium, 74 mg
- Cantaloupe, 1 cup, 68 mg
- Orange, 1 medium, 75 mg
- Grapefruit, half, 42 mg
My Oranges and Kiwi come in at number 4 and 6. Why I didn’t think of grapefruit I don’t know. Guava happens to be the fruit that is highest in Vitamin C.
Which Fruit Is Highest In Vitamin C?
The fruit highest in Vitamin C, Guava, is native to Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. 100 grams of Guava contains 228 mg of Vitamin C where one fruit contains about 128 mg. In the picture above, Guava is the pink fruit on the left. The whole fruit is edible, but the seeds can be a pain in the ass. The rind can be sour but has the most amount of Vitamin C (said to have 5 times as much as an orange) – good reason to put it all into your green smoothie and make use of it all.
So there you have it. If you’re looking to find the fruit highest in vitamin C or the top Vitamin C containing fruits, look no further than your basic Guava, Papaya, Strawberries, Kiwi, Cantaloupe, Orange and Grapefruit. Eat them raw, eat them alone on an empty stomach and give them 30 to 45 minutes to pass through your stomach where they’ll deliver all their nutrient rich goodness.
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I’ve never tried Guava fruit before! Thanks for the tips..
Nice page about the vitamin C and healt. I also like the fruit picture. Thank you for the informations.
I found this info very useful, and will tell my wife about
this blog because she is always looking for good information that i myself can not provide here. Thank you!
Everyone knows Indian Gooseberry (Amla) has highest vitamin C . Its like 3x the times of vitamin that guava provides.
I found this information very useful, and will tell my family
about this, because they are always looking for better solutions and ideas.
Thanks a lot for providing such helpful incite. I did not know that Guava is richest in vitamin C, If I had know I would have been eating more of my Guavas because I have in my yard. Thank you so much.
What about Gooseberry? In my concept Gooseberry is having rich Vit C! Anybody comment on this!
@Dr. A, there are a few different types of Gooseberry. Which are you referring to?
Actually, the fruit with the absolute highest Vitamin C content is called Acerola. There are 1677.6 mg of vitamin C in 100 g of the fruit. It is native to Central America.
Actually the fruit with the highest Vitamin C content is Camu Camu. It has around 2700 mg of Vitamin C in 100 g of the fruit. You can refer to this website http://www.naturalhub.com/natural_food_guide_fruit_vitamin_c.htm
you have given out a very useful information. i didn’t know guava had a lot of vitamin c