Iron In Food. According to your Nutritional Profile your recommended intakes in iron are 18mg and your maximum tolerated intakes are 45mg. Which foods are good sources of iron.
For example animal-based sources such as red meat beef lamb and pork are particularly rich sources of iron and are most easily absorbed and to a lesser extent fish and poultry. There are 2 types of iron in food. Foods rich in vitamin C such as citrus strawberries tomatoes and potatoes also increase iron absorption.
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100 grams of prunes contain 093 mg of iron while raisins contain 26 mg of iron. Animal-based sources of iron. 35 rows Plant and meat foods can be a good source of iron. The richest sources of heme iron in the diet include lean meat and seafood.