This table is for reference only and gives a general idea as to the high fluoride content in some foods and beverages. BEVERAGES Juices | 6.8mg/l | Gerber's White Grape Juice | #3 | | 0.98 - 1.20mg/l | Minute Maid OJ | #6,#7 | | 3.0mg/l | Gerber's Graduate Berry Juice | #6 | | 0.78mg/l | Dole Pineapple | #7 | | >0.6mg/l | Prune Juice | #13 | | >0.6mg/l | Cranberry Juice | #13 | | >0.6mg/l | Pear Juice | #13 | | >0.6mg/l | Red Grape Juice | #13 | | >0.6mg/l | Cherry Juice | #13 | | >0.6mg/l | Apple Grape Juice | #13 | | >0.6mg/l | Apple Juice | #13 | Soft Drinks | 0.82 - 0.98mg/l | Coca Cola Classic | #6,#7 | | 1.12mg/l | Diet Coke | #8 | | 0.29mg/l | Snapple | #7 | | 0.73mg/l | Sprite | #8 | | 0.85mg/l | Hawaiian Punch | #8 | | 0.45mg/l | Hansen's Soda | #7 | | 0.37mg/l | Capri Sun | #7 | | 0.79mg/l | Publix Orange Juice | #8 | | 0.44mg/l | Gatorix Punch Concent. | #8 | | 0.56mg/l | Lipton Ice Tea | #8 | Tea (L=Leaf, P=Prepared) | 180.16mg/kg | Coarse Tea(L) | #19 | | 72.62-89.02mg/kg | Green Tea(L) | #19 | | 71.11mg/kg | Refined Green Tea(L) | #19 | | 30-340 mg/kg | Black Tea(16 samples) | #20 | | 4.57mg/l | Tea (P) | #17 | | 1.01-5.20mg/l | De-caffeinated Teas(P) | #21 | | 2.58-3.69mg/l | Milk Tea(fr.Brick Tea) | #23 | | 77mg/kg | Pu'er Brick Tea (L) | #24 | | 441mg/kg | Bianxiao Brick Tea(L) | #24 | | 6.0-6.9mg/kg | Herbal Teas (L) | #20 | | 7.8mg | 1 Cup Black Tea | #16 | Fruit & Vegetables | 0.3 - 13mg/kg | Potatoes | #12 | | 22mg/kg | Potato Waste | #30 | | 0.2 - 70.0 mg/kg | Spinach | #12 | | 14.0mg/kg | Rice | #12 | | 14.0mg/kg | Peas | #12 | | 8.2mg/kg | Yams | #4 | | 2.10mg/kg | Corn | #4 | | 17.7mg/kg | Beets | #4 | | 0.205mg | 1 Cup Cooked Kale | #16 | | 0.180mg | 1 Cup Cooked Spinach | #16 | | 1mg | 1 Medium Apple | #33 | Permissable Cryolite Content Application, Federal Register Cryolite (Sodiumfluoaluminate) > Fluorine=54.3% Proposed � � � � �� � � � � � � Current | 45mg/kg | 7mg/kg | Cabbage | #14 | | 95mg/kg | 7mg/kg | Citrus Fruits | #14 | | 35mg/kg | 7mg/kg | Collards | #14 | | 30mg/kg | 7mg/kg | Eggplant | #14 | | 180mg/kg | 7mg/kg | Lettuce, head | #14 | | 40mg/kg | 7mg/kg | Lettuce, leaf | #14 | | 10mg/kg | 7mg/kg | Peaches | #14 | | 55mg/kg | none | Raisins | #14 | | 30mg/kg | 7mg/kg | Tomatoes | #14 | | 45mg/kg | 7mg/kg | Tomato Paste | #14 | Sugar & Substitutes | 13.0 mg/kg | Sugar | #5 | | 10.0ppm | Fructooligosaccharides | #5 | | 12.0ppm | Polydextrose | #5 | | 8.0ppm | Sorbitol | #5 | Meat | 9.0-14.0mg/kg | Mech.De-bond Pork | #11 | | 2.0-3.0 mg/kg | Hand De-boned Pork | #11 | | 14.0-42mg/kg | Mech.De-boned Beef | #11 | | 2.0-4.0mg/kg | Hand De-boned Beef | #11 | | 1.0mg/kg | Chicken Skin | #13 | | 1.23mg/kg | Cooked Veal | #17 | | 1.11mg | One Big Mac | #1 | Dairy | 0.72mg/l | Lucerne 2%Milk | #7 | | 0.074mg | 1 Cup Nonfat Milk | #16 | | 1.50mg/kg | Butter | #4 | | 1.62mg/kg | Cheese | #4 | Fish | 61.0mg/kg | Canned Sardines | #1 | | 61.73mg/kg | Shrimp | #19 | | 3.36mg/kg | Shellfish | #17 | | 4.57mg/kg | Some Canned Fish | #17 | | 26.0mg/kg | Mackerel | #4 | Water | 0.7-1.2mg/l | Tap Water in fl.areas | � | | 0.21mg/l | Gerolsteiner Wasser | #9 | | 8.5mg/l | Vichy Water | #10 | | 0.05mg/l | Reverse Osmosis Water | #9 | Cereals | 2.1mg/kg | Kellogg's Fruit Loops | #6 | | 1.02mg/kg | Cooked Wheat Cereal | #17 | | 7.2mg/kg | Wheat | #4 | Infant Foods � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � � � � � Unfluoridated Area� � Fluoridated Area | Mixed Cereal | 0.93ppm | 3.85ppm | #32 | | Oatmeal Cereal | 0.98ppm | 4.87ppm | #32 | | Barley Cereal | 1.99ppm | 4.30ppm | #32 | | Rice Cereal | 2.11ppm | 6.35ppm | #32 | Strained Meats | Chicken w/broth | 5.29ppm | Range 1.94-10.64ppm | #32 | | Turkey w/broth | 0.39ppm | Range 0.34-0.43ppm | #32 | | 0.01-8.38mg/kg | 238 Infant Foods | #29 | | 1.08-2.68mg/l | Soy-based Infant Formula | #31 | | 0.024-0.172mg/l | Breastmilk (area w/0.7ppm in tap water) | #22 | Other | 10.0mg/kg | Soil | #5 | | 44.0-220.0mg/kg | Dolomite | #5 | | 0.66-6.8mg/kg | 10 Table Salt Varieties | #1 | | 7.0mg/kg | Sea Salt | #1 | | 1.36mg/kg | Peanuts | #4 | | 3mg | 1 Teaspoon Bone Meal | #18 | | 130.0-160mg/kg | Gelatin | #15 | | 328 mg/kg | Super Kelp Tablets | #34 | Dental Products | 1920mg/kg | Aquafresh For Kids | #6 | | 6,000-12,000ppm | Topical Fluoride Gel | #23 | | 500-1,500ppm | Most Toothpaste | #23 | | 12,300ppm | Radent Prophy Paste | #26 | | 12,300ppm | Topex Fluoride Foam | #27 | | 2000ppm | School-based Oral Mouthrinse Program | #28 | | 60,000-120,000ppm | Silver Fluoride Solutions | #23 | References - Siebert & Trautna, Dept Expt Dentistry, Univ W�rzburg, Germany. "Z. Ernaehrungswiss. 24 (1985) pp. 54-66". (Abstract: "Fluoride content of selected human food, petfood and related materials", Fluoride 19:No.3 (1986) pp. 152-153)
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