Foods high in trans-beta-Carotene

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured trans-beta-Carotene content per 100 g, drawn live from 14 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 8 foods highest in trans-beta-Carotene

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (UG)
1	Tomatoes, grape, raw	Foundation Food	393
2	Butter, stick, salted	Foundation Food	140
3	Bananas, overripe, raw	Foundation Food	9
4	Bananas, ripe and slightly ripe, raw	Foundation Food	7
5	Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D	Foundation Food	5
6	Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D	Foundation Food	2
7	Milk, lowfat, fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D	Foundation Food	1
8	Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A and vitamin D (fat free or skim)	Foundation Food	1

Lowest in trans-beta-Carotene

For contrast — the 6 lowest non-zero values on record, per 100g.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (UG)
9	Milk, lowfat, fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D	Foundation Food	1
10	Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A and vitamin D (fat free or skim)	Foundation Food	1
11	Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D	Foundation Food	2
12	Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D	Foundation Food	5
13	Bananas, ripe and slightly ripe, raw	Foundation Food	7
14	Bananas, overripe, raw	Foundation Food	9

More on trans-beta-Carotene

What trans-beta-Carotene is, how it is measured, and where these values come from.

trans-beta-Carotene nutrient reference →

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.