Vitamin B12 helps notably to make red blood cells and to keep a healthy nervous system.
Dietary recommendations in the UK are 2µg of vitamin B12 per day for men and women aged between 19 and 64 years old.
For vegetarians vitamin B12 is mainly found in dairy products.
Here are 5 vegetarian foods rich in vitamin B12:
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1. Seaweed is a great source of vitamin B12, since for example dried nori contains around 28µg per 100g and dried kombu contains around 3µg. You can find some organic seaweed, sourced in the UK, here: (as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases).
2. Cheese is also a great source of vitamin B12. For example 100g of parmesan provides around 3.3µg of vitamin B12 and cheddar provides around 2.4µg.
3. Eggs is another source of vitamin B12. Scrambled egg contains around 3µg per 100g and boiled egg contains around 2µg.
4. 100g of whole milk provides us with around 1µg of vitamin B12.
5. Lastly, whole plain yogurt contains around 0.2µg of vitamin B12 per 100g.
Sources:
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– Public Health England. (2016). Government Nutrition Requirements. Available at: (Accessed: 14 July 2020).
– Public Health England. (2019). McCance and Widdowson’s composition of foods integrated dataset. Available at: (Accessed: 14 July 2020).
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