What are the most micronutrient dense foods? 🔬

Organ meats, seafood and veggies top the list.

Micronutrient Density of the Global Food Supply

Study Details

This new study presented an online tool enabling identification of the most nutrient dense foods 🔍

…based on their content of any combination of up to 28 macro- and micronutrients 🥗

Key Findings

Here are the Top 20 Most Nutrient Dense Foods (per 100 kcal) ⬇️

1. Organ meats

2. Molluscs (osysters, mussels etc)

3. Pimento / Allspice

4. Cephalopods (octopus, squid etc)

5. Aquatic Plants

6. Vegetables

7. Tomatoes

8. Crustaceans (crab, lobster etc)

9. Spices

10. Beans

11. Lemons & Limes

12. Other Meats (game meats etc)

13. Peas

14. Sweet Potato

15. Grapefruit

16. Demersal Fish

17. Other Citrus Fruits

18. Pelagic Fish

19. Aquatic Animals

20. Sunflower Seeds

Here are the Top Ranked Food Groups (per 100 kcal) ⬇️

1. Other Meats

2. Seafood

3. Vegetables

4. Pulses

5. Eggs

6. Fruit

7. Other Plants

8. Starchy Roots

9. Nuts

10. Ruminant Meats

11. Poultry Meats

12. Cereals

13. Oilcrops

14. Dairy

15. Sugar

Conclusion

Organ meats, seafood, vegetables and spices make regular appearances on these lists 📝

Inclusion of these foods into a diet could help maximise nutrient density of your diet ✅

The DELTA Model tool can be accessed online here https://sustainablenutritioninitiative.com/

Reference

https://iadns.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fft2.70023

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