Foods for vitamin C
What APEX holds on the table for vitamin C: the foods it leads with, each with where it comes from and why it is ours. Not a treatment plan — the food, and the reason it is on the list.
Compiled by APEX Legacy from published research and documented food
history, under the editorial direction of
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Fruit
Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina/glabra — the fuzzy red berry cones of wild sumac, soaked in cool water into… Crabapple Malus angustifolia/Southern crabapple — the small, hard, intensely tart wild apple that… Baobab Fruit Baobab fruit pulp is the highest natural source of vitamin C per gram of any fruit in the… June Plum (Ambarella) Green-yellow tropical fruit with sweet-sour flavor, very high vitamin C, and the crunchy… Marula Fruit Plum-sized yellow-white tropical fruit with extraordinarily high vitamin C content (8x… Velvet Tamarind (Dialium) Small dark-shelled fruit with sweet-tart pulp rich in vitamin C, tartaric acid, and… Kei Apple Small intensely tart yellow-orange fruit with very high vitamin C content, citric acid… Pawpaw Fruit The largest edible fruit native to North America. Custard-like texture, tropical… Ripe Jackfruit Ripe jackfruit is a sweet, tropical fruit with arils (fleshy pods) surrounding large…
Desserts & Sweets
Peach Cobbler Butter, brown sugar, peach filling, biscuit topping — the cobbler is not a fruit dish… Sweet Potato Pudding Distinct from sweet potato pie — no crust, baked in a casserole dish, denser and spicier… Key Lime Pie A bright, intensely tart custard made from the juice of Key limes — smaller, more…
Vegetables
Okra (Fried, Cornmeal-Crusted) Cornmeal-crusted fried okra — the Southern preparation that eliminates the mucilage and… Red Sorrel Hibiscus sabdariffa leaf (roselle leaf) — the tart, antioxidant-rich cooking green of… Creasy Greens (Upland Cress) Barbarea verna — the sharp, peppery 'creasy' green of Carolina and mountain tradition… Wood Sorrel Small, clover-shaped plant with three heart-shaped leaflets. Wild Violet Leaf Viola sororia — the common blue violet of Southern yards, whose heart-shaped leaves and… Henbit Lamium amplexicaule — the low purple-flowered mint-family plant that carpets yards and… Peppergrass Lepidium virginicum — the little roadside weed whose leaves and green seed pods taste… Wild Mustard Brassica/Sinapis — the wild mustard that came up volunteer in fallow rows, gathered free… Chickweed Low-growing plant with small oval leaves and tiny white star-shaped flowers. Nsukka Yellow Pepper The distinctive yellow heritage pepper of Nsukka, Enugu State — the sovereign flavoring…
Rice, Grains & Starch
Cush-Cush Yam A small, dense, often purple-fleshed yam with a sweet, rich flavor — sweeter than African…
Herbs & Spices
Rose Hip The fruit of the wild rose — dried rose hips contain 400-500mg vitamin C per 100g, making…
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