Foods high in Carotene, beta

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Carotene, beta content per 100 g, drawn live from 997 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Carotene, beta

Ranked by Carotene, beta per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (UG)
1	Spices, paprika	FNDDS ingredient	26,162
2	Spices, pepper, red or cayenne	FNDDS ingredient	21,840
3	Grape leaves, raw	FNDDS ingredient	16,194
4	Spices, chili powder	FNDDS ingredient	15,000
5	Snacks, sweet potato chips, unsalted	FNDDS ingredient	14,205
6	Sweet potato, cooked, baked in skin, flesh, without salt	FNDDS ingredient	11,509
7	Sweet potato, cooked, boiled, without skin	FNDDS ingredient	9,444
8	Carrot juice, canned	FNDDS ingredient	9,303
9	Sweet potato, raw, unprepared (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	FNDDS ingredient	8,509
10	Carrots, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	FNDDS ingredient	8,332
11	Carrots, raw	FNDDS ingredient	8,285
12	Carrots, frozen, unprepared	FNDDS ingredient	8,199
13	Carrots, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	FNDDS ingredient	8,199
14	Spinach, frozen, chopped or leaf, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	FNDDS ingredient	7,237
15	Pumpkin, canned, without salt	FNDDS ingredient	6,940
16	Collards, frozen, chopped, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	FNDDS ingredient	6,818
17	Turnip greens, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	FNDDS ingredient	6,459
18	Spinach, canned, regular pack, drained solids	FNDDS ingredient	5,881
19	Dandelion greens, raw	FNDDS ingredient	5,854
20	Beverages, Acai berry drink, fortified	FNDDS ingredient	5,784
21	Babyfood, vegetables, carrots, junior	FNDDS ingredient	5,745
22	Soup, cream of vegetable, dry, powder	FNDDS ingredient	5,620
23	Babyfood, vegetables, carrots, strained	FNDDS ingredient	5,575
24	Carrots, canned, no salt added, solids and liquids	FNDDS ingredient	5,331
25	Carrots, canned, regular pack, drained solids	FNDDS ingredient	5,331

Lowest in Carotene, beta

For contrast — the 10 lowest non-zero values on record, per 100g.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (UG)
988	Babyfood, cookies	FNDDS ingredient	1
989	Milk, dry, nonfat, regular, without added vitamin A and vitamin D	FNDDS ingredient	1
990	Milk, buttermilk, fluid, cultured, lowfat	FNDDS ingredient	1
991	Rutabagas, raw	FNDDS ingredient	1
992	Onions, raw	FNDDS ingredient	1
993	Cereals, corn grits, white, regular and quick, enriched, dry	FNDDS ingredient	1
994	Alcoholic beverage, wine, table, red	FNDDS ingredient	1
995	Soup, chicken broth, ready-to-serve	FNDDS ingredient	1
996	Beverages, UNILEVER, SLIMFAST Shake Mix, high protein, whey powder, 3-2-1 Plan,	FNDDS ingredient	1
997	Beverages, Whey protein powder isolate	FNDDS ingredient	1

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Sourced from USDA FoodData Central — Foundation Foods; not yet through an editorial verification pass.

USDA release 2026-04-30. All values are per 100 g unless stated otherwise.