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Published: Apr 02, 2002 11:48 AM
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Sources of folic acid

 

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  • BREADS AND GRAINS

    All kinds of breads, rolls, muffins, tortillas, bagels, pizza crust, waffles, pancakes. Serving size: 1 piece.

    Rice, pasta, bulgur, barley, millet. Serving size: 1/2 cup.

    Wheat germ. Serving size: 2 tbsp.

  • FORTIFIED CEREALS

    Many cereals, both hot and cold, provide 25 percent of the daily recommended amount of folic acid; some provide 100 percent. Read labels carefully.

  • FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

    1/2 cup cooked spinach, turnip, collard or mustard greens; asparagus; orange juice; broccoli; corn; green peas; beets; brussel sprouts; parsnips; okra.

    1 artichoke or orange.

    1 cup raw spinach, turnip greens or cabbage; Romaine lettuce; frozen raspberries; celery; canned pineapple juice; cooked Swiss chard; sauerkraut; cauliflower; papaya; green pepper; black berries; tomato juice; cantaloupe, casaba or honeydew melon; winter squash; green or wax beans; plantains; strawberries.

  • BEANS AND PEAS

    1/2 cup cranberry beans, lentils, pink beans, adzuki beans, black beans, chickpeas, pigeon peas, Great Northern beans, black-eyed peas or cowpeas, Navy beans/white beans, pinto beans, split peas, kidney beans, soybeans, lima beans, firm tofu.

    1 oz. peanuts or 2 tbsp. peanut butter.

  • PROTEIN FOODS

    One cooked egg; liver.

  • CONVENIENCE FOODS

    These packaged foods are good to very good sources of folic acid: Instant Breakfast (powdered mix added to milk), canned bean with bacon soup, chili with beans, refried beans, pork and beans, baked beans, spaghetti sauce, lentil soup, black bean soup, bean burrito, frozen waffle.

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