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    Vitamin C in pineapple: about 72 mg in 150 g raw fruit

    Raw pineapple contributes vitamin C. Its reference concentration and the portion eaten determine the estimate; canned fruit and juice need their own entries.

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    Supplement Science Insights Editorial Team

    Published September 23, 2026

    The amounts in the reference foods

    USDA’s final SR Legacy 2018 release reports raw pineapple: 47.8 mg per 100 g; raw pineapple: 47.8 mg per 100 g. These are named historical reference foods, not measurements of a current package or meal. [1]

    What changes the interpretation

    The reference concerns raw edible pineapple across the database’s all-varieties entry. It is not an assay of every cultivar. Juice, cooked pineapple and canned fruit may have different processing, dilution or fortification. ODS notes that storage and heat can affect vitamin C, so transferring this raw value to every pineapple product is not justified. [1][2]

    A hypothetical portion comparison

    A hypothetical 150 g portion supplies 71.7 mg using the 47.8 mg-per 100-g reference. A100 g portion supplies 47.8 mg. Those numbers quantify the food’s contribution without establishing that one portion meets every person’s daily needs. The table uses the explicitly chosen edible weights. Scale a matching per-100-g value by the grams eaten divided by 100; a count of pieces or an unspecified spoonful is not the same denominator. [1]

    Hypothetical example — compare the chosen edible portions with the original food descriptions
    FoodChosen portionNutrient estimate
    Raw pineapple100 g47.8 mg
    Raw pineapple150 g71.7 mg
    Vitamin C in pineapple: about 72 mg in 150 g raw fruit — original article outline diagram
    Original editorial diagram of this article’s sections; no product photograph or clinical finding is depicted.

    Sources for this article

    1. USDA FoodData Central — SR Legacy April 2018 composition and portion tables
      Source consulted: 2026-09-20. This is a reference resource, not a claim that we conducted the studies or tested a product.
    2. Vitamin C - Health Professional Fact Sheet
      Source consulted: 2026-09-20. This is a reference resource, not a claim that we conducted the studies or tested a product.