Vitamin A

Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin. The figure here is the retinol equivalent, which counts retinol from animal foods and the carotene the body can convert from plant foods. This page sets out what may be said about vitamin A under the authorised UK wording and which foods carry the most of it per 100 g.

Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin. The figure here is the retinol equivalent, which counts retinol from animal foods and the carotene the body can convert from plant foods.

The reference intake used on UK labels (the NRV) is 0.8 mg a day. A food is a source of vitamin A when 100 g carries at least 15 % of that (0.12 mg) and high in vitamin A at 30 % (0.24 mg). Those are the thresholds every food page here uses.

What Vitamin A does in the body.

Vitamin A contributes to the normal function of the immune system, to the maintenance of normal vision and to the maintenance of normal skin.

Vitamin A contributes to the normal function of the immune system, to the maintenance of normal vision and to the maintenance of normal skin.

That is the authorised wording, and it is credited to the nutrient itself. Nothing on this page goes beyond it.

How much counts as a source.

The Nutrient Reference Value for vitamin A on UK labels is 0.8 mg a day. A food counts as a source of vitamin A at 15 % of that per 100 g (0.12 mg) and as high in vitamin A at 30 % (0.24 mg); drinks use half those percentages per 100 ml. Those are the thresholds every food page here applies, and the only basis on which a food page says “source of” or “high in”.

Foods with the most vitamin A, per 100 g.

Per 100 g, these are the foods in the database with the most vitamin A. Dishes and recipes are left out so the list shows single foods.

Where Vitamin A comes from in food.

calf liver (25.2 mg), pig liver (22.6 mg), lamb liver (19.7 mg), ox liver (17.6 mg), chicken liver (10.5 mg), pate (7.32 mg), pepper (6.13 mg), dill (5.54 mg)

Vitamin A in the Immufix formula.

Vitamin A is declared on the Immufix label at 0.2 mg per 25 g scoop, which is 25 % of the NRV. The full list of declared nutrients is on The Science page.

Questions people ask.

Where the numbers come from.

Food figures from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID, 2021), per 100 g; reference values from Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; claim wording from Wording already published on the site's Science page. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. All foods A to Z.