I printed your list of high Vitamin K foods. Are dried apricots high in Vitamin K?
Dr. Gourmet Says...
One cup of sliced apricots is very low in Vitamin K at 5 micrograms. A cup of dried halves is only 4 mcg.
There is an easy way to find out about the nutrition content of any food. The USDA National Nutrient Database is at this link:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
By entering an ingredient and following the steps, this website will report the complete nutritional values of any ingredient and many prepared foods. The Vitamin K content is the last listing at the bottom of the Vitamins section. If it is not there, the food or ingredient that you searched on doesn't contain enough Vitamin K to be reported.
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