Fruit

Latin name

mg
mg vitamin
vitamin
C
C
per average
/ 100
size
grams fruit/slice*

Ranking

Notes

Malpighia
glabra

1,677

80

exceptional*

Apple

Malus sylvestris

fairly good

Apricot

Prunus
armeniaca

10

Apricot, canned

Prunus
armeniaca

Asian pear

Pyrus serotina

Avocado

Persea
americana

16

fairly good

Banana

Musa X
paradisiaca

11

good

21 to 32

very good

[1]

112

exceptional

[7]

[1]
[2]

**Acerola

Babaco
Barbados Cherry

Carica
pubescens x
21 to 32
stipulata forma
'pentagona'
Malpighia
glabra

1,678

Bilberry

Vaccinium
myrtillus

**Baobab

Adonsonia
digitata

150 to
499

100

exceptional

Breadfruit

Artocarpus
altilis

29

28*

very good

Blackberry

Rubus sp.

Blackcurrant

Ribes nigrum

155 to
215

Blueberry

Vaccinium sp

**Camu Camu

0.01*(estim)

[1]

1.5 to
2*(estim.)

excellent

[1]

1.3 to
16.4

no data*

[3]

Myrciaria dubia

2,700

no data

astounding

Carambola

Averrhoa
carambola

21

19

very good

Casimiroa

Casimiroa edulis

30

15*

very good

Crabapple

Malus sp.

0.6(estim)

(estim.)
Cherimoya

Annona
cherimola

10*

fairly good

Custard apple

Annona
reticulata

19

no data

very good

Feijoa

Feijoa
sellowiana

25

13

good

Feijoa

Feijoa
sellowiana
cv. 'Mammoth'

31

16

very good

[6]

Feijoa

Feijoa
sellowiana
cv.'Triumph'

27

14

good

[6]

Fig

Ficus carica

Grape, slip skin

Vitis spp

.01

Grape, european

Vitis vinifera

11

.60

good*

Grapefruit

Citrus paradisi

34

44*

excellent

**Guava, Cattley

Psidium
cattleianum

37

very good*

Guava, tropical

Psidium guajava

183

165

exceptional

**Java plum

Syzgium cumini

14

.42

Jujube

Ziziphus jujuba

500

no data

Kakadu Plum

Terminalia
ferdinandiana

**Kei apple

Dovyalis caffra

117

17

Kiwano

Cucumis
metuliferus

0.5

0.5

Kiwifruit, green

Actinidia
deliciosa

98

74

exceptional

Kiwifruit, yellow

Actinidia
chinensis

120 to
180

108 to 162

exceptional

Lemon juice

Citrus limon

46

3*

Lime juice

Citrus
aurantifolia

29

1*

Longan

Dimocarpus
longan

84

3*

good

Loquat

Eriobotrya
japonica

2300 to 60 *(estim)
3150

.5

exceptional*
excellent*

[8]

excellent*

[1]

Lychee

Litchi chinensis

72

7*

very good

Mango

Mangifera indica

28

57

excellent

**Marula

Sclerocarya
birrea

68

60(estim)

excellent

Medlar

Mespilus
germanica

0.3

Melon, cantaloupe

Cucumis melo

42

29*

very good

Melon, honeydew

Cucumis melo

25

20*

very good

**Muntingia

Muntingia
calabura

80

4*(estim)

excellent

**Natal plum

Carissa
macrocarpa

38

good

Orange

Citrus sinensis

53

70

excellent

Opuntia cactus

Opuntia spp.

23

no data

very good?

Papaya

Carica papaya

62

47*

excellent

**Pawpaw/Asimina Asimina triloba

14

28(estim)

good

Passionfruit, purple Passiflora edulis

30

0.15(estim)

[1]

Peach

Prunus persica

Peach, canned

Prunus persica

Pear

Pyrus communis

**Persimmon,
American

Diospyros
virginiana

66

13*(estim.)

excellent

Persimmon,
Oriental

Diospyros kaki

40

40*(estim.)

excellent

Pineapple

Ananus comosus

15

13

good

Plum

Prunus sp

10

fairly good

Quince

Cydonia oblonga

15

15

good

Raspberry

Rubus spp.

25

Raspberry

Rubus spp.

23 to 32

0.7 to 1*

very good

[1]

Redcurrant

Ribes sativum

58 to 81

0.58 to
0.81*(estim)

good

[1]

Rosehip

Rosa pomifera
cv.'Karpatia'

1,500

45(estim.)

excellent

[5]

Rosehip

Rosa sp. cv.'Pi

Ro 3'

1,150

34(estim.)

very good

[5]

Rosa sp.
2,000 to
60 to
cv.'Vitaminnyj- 2,500
75(estim.)

excellent

[5]

Rosehip

.5

VNIVI'
**Surinam cherry Eugenia uniflora

26

Sapodilla

Manilkara
zapota

15

25

very good

Strawberry

Fragaria x
ananassa

57

7*

very good

31

26

very good

Tangerine/Mandarin Citrus reticulata

Tamarillo, red

Cyphomandra
betaceae

40

40

excellent

Tamarillo, red

Cyphomandra
betaceae

31

22

very good

[6]

Tamarillo, yellow

Cyphomandra
betaceae

33

30

very good

[6]

Tamarillo, yellow

Cyphomandra
betaceae

31

22

very good

Tomato

Lycopersicon sp

19

23

very good

Watermelon

Citrullus lanatus

10

27

very good