Food sources of vitamin B₆ (vitamin B₆-rich foods)

About 95.2% of foods contained vitamin B₆ (pyridoxine and related compounds). On the basis of the proposed method, the average (%) of foods containing appropriate vitamin B₆ levels in food groups was 34.17%, of which 17.85% was the average of vitamin B₆ source (good source of vitamin B₆) foods, and 16.32% was the average of high vitamin B₆ (excellent source of vitamin B₆) foods. Beef products with 90.97%, pork products with 86.79%, poultry products with 82.08%, breakfast cereals with 72.83%, baby foods with 70.14%, finfish and shellfish products with 59.85%, and lamb, veal, and game products with 53.08% had the highest averages of foods containing appropriate vitamin B₆ levels. Foods containing appropriate vitamin B₆ levels were not found in one food group (spices and herbs) and were very few in three food groups (fats and oils; sweets; dairy and egg products).

The highest amounts of vitamin B₆ were found in energy drink (vitamin B₆-fortified), breakfast cereal (vitamin B₆-fortified), fruit juice (vitamin B₆-fortified), meat substitutes (vitamin B₆-fortified), ruffed grouse meat, formulated bar (vitamin B₆-fortified), juice drink (vitamin B₆-fortified), water (vitamin B₆-fortified), drumstick leaves, liver, tuna, mamey sapote, leafy tips of bitter gourd, chicken meat, elk meat, turkey meat, salmon (except canned or smoked), pork meat, malted milk drink (vitamin B₆-fortified), nutrition shake (vitamin B₆-fortified), buffalo meat, emu meat, beef meat, pheasant meat, peanut butter (vitamin B₆-fortified), waffles (vitamin B₆-fortified), veal meat, potherb jute, cereal bar (vitamin B₆-fortified), goose meat, protein shake (vitamin B₆-fortified), wild duck meat, hearts of palm (not canned), granola bar (vitamin B₆-fortified), quail meat, bison meat, ostrich meat, rice bran, deer meat, halibut, swordfish, squab meat, giblets, prune juice, octopus, rabbit meat, fireweed leaves, vegetable oil spread (vitamin B₆-fortified), carrot juice, guinea hen meat, bananas, raw pistachio nuts, protein bar (vitamin B₆-fortified), prairie turnips, mackerel, dove meat, potatoes (flesh and skin), whelk, striped mullet, French toast (vitamin B₆-fortified), milkfish, Pacific herring, jackfruit (not canned), chocolate bar (vitamin B₆-fortified), bluefish, mahi-mahi, sea bass, seatrout, snapper, spot (fish), wolffish, durian, potato skin, cusk, instant breakfast drink (vitamin B₆-fortified), raw plantains, American shad, dried sunflower seed kernels, beaver meat, muskrat meat, opossum meat, raccoon meat, yam, cherimoya, toaster pastries (vitamin B₆-fortified), boar meat, and dried safflower seed kernels.

Suggested citation: Forouzesh, Abed; Forouzesh, Fatemeh; Samadi Foroushani, Sadegh; Forouzesh, Abolfazl. A new method for calculating vitamin B6 content and determining appropriate vitamin B6 levels in foods. SSRN 2022. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4133646