Top Meats High in Vitamin C

About Meats and Vitamin C

Most meats are fairly low in Vitamin C, but some contain more than others.

Some of the highest Vitamin C meats include spam, clams, chashu pork, oyster, trout, crab meat, lobster and pork.

We calculated the top meats for Vitamin C by both their common measurement as well as in 200 calories, including by gender daily requirements. Here are the details for top 8 meats highest in Vitamin C.

Food nutritional data is sourced from USDA and NIH. [3][4]

Adult Female DV Adult Male DV

Spam

image of spam

In 1 ounce, spam has 12mg of vitamin c, or about 16% of daily values for women and 13% for men.
Vitamin C
12mg in
1 ounce (28g)
29mg in
200 Calories (68g)
16%
13%
39%
33%
Complete nutrition for Spam

Clams (cooked)

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1 ounce of clam contains 6.3mg of vitamin c, or about 8% of daily values for women and 7% for men.
Vitamin C
6.3mg in
1 ounce (28.333333333333g)
30mg in
200 Calories (135g)
8%
7%
40%
33%
Complete nutrition for Clams

Chashu Pork

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In 1 stix, chashu pork has 3mg of vitamin c, or about 4% of daily values for women and 3% for men.
Vitamin C
3mg in
1 stix (26g)
13mg in
200 Calories (116g)
4%
3%
18%
15%
Complete nutrition for Chashu Pork

Oyster (raw)

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1 ounce of oyster contains 1.3mg of vitamin c, or about 2% of daily values for women and 1% for men.
Vitamin C
1.3mg in
1 ounce (28.333333333333g)
16mg in
200 Calories (339g)
2%
1%
21%
18%
Complete nutrition for Oyster

Trout (cooked)

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1 small trout has 3.8mg of vitamin c, or about 5% of daily values for women and 4% for men.
Vitamin C
3.8mg in
1 small (113g)
3.3mg in
200 Calories (98g)
5%
4%
4%
4%
Complete nutrition for Trout

Crab Meat

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1 cup of crab meat contains 4.5mg of vitamin c, or about 6% of daily values for women and 5% for men.
Vitamin C
4.5mg in
1 cup (135g)
8mg in
200 Calories (241g)
6%
5%
11%
9%
Complete nutrition for Crab Meat

Lobster (cooked)

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In 1 ounce, lobster has 0.6mg of vitamin c, or about 1% for adults.
Vitamin C
0.6mg in
1 ounce (28.333333333333g)
2.9mg in
200 Calories (140g)
1%
1%
4%
3%
Complete nutrition for Lobster

Pork (ground)

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1 ounce of pork contains 0.2mg of vitamin c, or about 0% for adults.
Vitamin C
0.2mg in
1 ounce (28.333333333333g)
0.47mg in
200 Calories (67g)
0%
0%
1%
1%
Complete nutrition for Pork


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