The Healthiest Fruits

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Fruit and fruit juices 2010 Table

Rank	Product	Antioxidant content
Notes: Antioxidant content in FRAP mmol/100 g.
1	Pomegranate, only yellow pith	55.52
2	Fruit from the AfricanBaobab tree	10.84
3	Pomegranate, arils and carpellar membrane	9.05
4	Pomegranate arils, dried	7.28
5	Apples, dried (Tasmanian dried apples)	6.07
6	Pomegranate, dried	5.51
7	Pomegranate, whole	4.08
8	Sweet cherries, dried	4.05
9	Lemon skin, from lemon ecologically grown	4.00
10	Olives, black Kalamata, with stone	3.25
11	Plums, dried	3.24
12	Apricots, dried	3.11
13	Lime skin	3.05
14	Lemon skin	2.74
15	Apples, dried	2.68
16	Olives, Kalamata, with stone	2.62
17	Juice, pomegranate, freshly squeezed from whole pomegranate	2.57
18	Juice, orange, frozen concentrate, original	2.51
19	Lemonade syrup, Blackthorn, undiluted	2.44
20	Prunes	2.40
21	Juice, orange, frozen concentrate	2.39
22	Juice, orange, frozen concentrate, country style	2.36
23	Juice, orange, frozen concentrate, pulp free	2.35
24	Olives, green, with stone	2.26
25	Pomegranate, arils and juice	2.26
26	Cherries, sour, canned, water pack, drained solids	2.03
27	Juice, Vie Shot, apple, carrot, strawberry	1.96
28	Dates, dried, Chuhare	1.88
29	Pomegranate, arils	1.85
30	Figs, dried, Calimyrna	1.83
31	Plums, Black Diamond	1.83
32	Juice, grape, purple	1.74
33	Mango, dried	1.70
34	Cherries, sour, canned, water pack, drained liquid	1.69
35	Juice, with fruits and berries, Noras Antioksidanter med bøåbær og bringebær	1.69
36	Syrup from canned cherris	1.68
37	Cherries, sour, canned, heavy syrup, total can contents	1.65
38	Kiwi, Gold	1.63
39	Juice, grape and grape blends	1.62
40	Sweet cherries, dark, canned	1.60
41	Pomegranate, freshly squeezed juice	1.59
42	Pomegranate, sour, arils and juice	1.59
43	Prune porridge	1.54
44	Dates, dried	1.53
45	Juice, grape	1.50
46	Juice, orange, red	1.38
47	Pineapple, Gold	1.36
48	Grapes, blue	1.34
49	Figs, dried, Mission	1.31
50	Kiwi, yellow	1.29
51	Lemonade, grape (ready to drink)	1.27
52	Apples, green, Greenstar	1.22
53	Guava	1.21
54	Guava, wild	1.18
55	Juice, prune, with pulp	1.10
56	Plums, red	1.08
57	Pineapples, MDII, Extra Gold	1.05
58	Kiwi	1.02
59	Olives, green, without stone	1.01
60	Juice, Vie Shot, banana, pumpkin, kiwi	1.00
61	Pomegranate, sweet, arils and juice	1.00
62	Dates	1.00
63	Olives, green, Hojiblanca I, without stone	0.99
64	Juice, prune	0.99
65	Plums, red, canned	0.97
66	Orange	0.96
67	Juice, white grape	0.94
68	Plums	0.93
69	Raisins, big	0.92
70	Raisins	0.91
71	Oranges, navel	0.89
72	Pomegranate, only the white kernels	0.88
73	Juice, grape and grape blends, sweetened	0.87
74	Juice, grapefruit	0.87
75	Clementines	0.86
76	Juice, pineapple, canned or bottled, unsweetened	0.84
77	Grapefruit, yellow	0.82
78	Jam, apple	0.82
79	Grapes, blue, Salvi	0.80
80	Lemon	0.79
81	Syrup from canned plums	0.79
82	Grapes, blue, Don Mario	0.78
83	Juice, grape and grape blends, unsweetened	0.78
84	Juice, orange and strawberry	0.76
85	Juice, orange, from concentrate, with added vitamin C	0.76
86	Figs	0.76
87	Figs, dried	0.75
88	Kiwi, green	0.73
89	Dates, Deglet Noor	0.72
90	Juice, apple, calcium enriched, with added vitamin C	0.72
91	Juice, fruits with pomegranate	0.72
92	Grapefruit, red	0.71
93	Juice, Cranapple	0.71
94	Lemon, ecologically grown	0.70
95	Juice, orange	0.69
96	Currant (raisins of Korinth)	0.67
97	Juice, orange, with pulp	0.66
98	Raisins, green	0.65
99	Sweet cherries	0.62
100	Tangerines	0.62
101	Juice, orange, with pulp, from Florida	0.60
102	Lime	0.59
103	Sharon	0.59
104	Juice, orange, refrigerated, premium	0.59
105	Juice, orange, from concentrate	0.58
106	Apples, red, Pinova	0.57
107	Juice, orange, from Florida, with Omega‐3 from plant	0.57
108	Juice, orange, refrigerated	0.57
109	Dates, Medjool	0.56
110	Juice, orange, refrigerated, pure premium	0.56
111	Olives, black, without stone	0.56
112	Papaya	0.56
113	Juice, grapefruit, red, with pulp	0.55
114	Juice, apple, with added vitamin C	0.55
115	Juice, orange and pineapple	0.53
116	Apples, Granny Smith	0.53
117	Apricots	0.52
118	Juice, orange and pineapple with pulp	0.51
119	Juice, 4 frukter (4 fruits)	0.49
120	Apples, red, Red Delicious, ecological	0.48
121	Juice, apple, premium	0.47
122	Japanese plum pulp, paste	0.45
123	Pineapple	0.45
124	Passion fruit, wild, handpicked	0.44
125	Tangerines, Honey	0.44
126	Apples, red, Fuji	0.40
127	Apples, red, Red Delicious	0.40
128	Nectar, Sydhavsnektar	0.40
129	Grapes, red	0.40
130	Mango, red	0.37
131	Physalis (Physalis peruviana), wild	0.37
132	Fruit salad, traditional, in natural juice	0.36
133	Mango, yellow	0.36
134	Apples, red, Pink Lady	0.35
135	Cherries	0.35
136	Olives, black, Hojiblanca I, without stone	0.35
137	Juice, mango and pineapple	0.34
138	Nectar, orange	0.34
139	Juice, lemon	0.33
140	Apples, Composite of Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Gala, & Fuji,	0.31
141	Juice, pineapple	0.31
142	Grapes, green, Mario deCristo	0.30
143	Juice, orange and carrot	0.29
144	Melon, yellow	0.29
145	Mango	0.28
146	Grapes, green	0.27
147	Juice, apple	0.26
148	Peaches, canned with syrup	0.26
149	Nectar, Tropical	0.25
150	Grapes, green, Salvi	0.24
151	Apples, Gala	0.24
152	Banana	0.23
153	Pears, composite of Bartlett, Green Anjou, and Bosc	0.23
154	Pears, Red Anjou	0.23
155	Apples, Fuji	0.22
156	Juice, apple, with dietary fibre	0.22
157	Juice, Tropisk, original	0.22
158	Pears, Bartlett	0.22
159	Pears, Green Anjou	0.22
160	Apples, Golden Delicious	0.21
161	Melon, Cantaloupe	0.19
162	Grapes, green, without stone	0.18
163	Pears	0.18
164	Pears, Bosc	0.18
165	Pineapple, dried	0.18
166	Peaches, canned with syrup with spices	0.17
167	Plantain	0.17
168	Juice, apple, God Frokost	0.16
169	Melon, pattern	0.15
170	Apricots, canned, drained	0.14
171	Glacè cherries	0.14
172	Juice from canned apricots	0.14
173	Papaya, dried	0.14
174	Nectar, apple	0.13
175	Peaches	0.13
176	Honeydew	0.12
177	Melon, Cantaloupe, small	0.12
178	Nectarines	0.12
179	Ice, sorbet, mango	0.11
180	Squash, green (Cucurbita)	0.11
181	Peaches, canned in heavy syrup, drained liquid	0.11
182	Apples, Golden Delicious, without peel	0.10
183	Peaches, canned, in heavy syrup, drained liquid	0.10
184	Pears, Bartlett, selected halve, premium, canned	0.10
185	Syrup from canned pears	0.10
186	Watermelon	0.10
187	Peaches, canned in heavy syrup, drained solids	0.10
188	Apples, red, Red Delicious, without peel	0.08
189	Nectar, apple with pear	0.08
190	Watermelon, red, seedless	0.06
191	Kiwano	0.05
192	Watermelon, yellow, seedless	0.04

Source:

The total antioxidant content of more than 3100 foods, beverages, spices, herbs and supplements used worldwide. Carlsen MH, Halvorsen BL, Holte K, Bøhn SK, Dragland S, Sampson L, Willey C, Senoo H, Umezono Y, Sanada C, Barikmo I, Berhe N, Willett WC, Phillips KM, Jacobs DR Jr, Blomhoff R. Nutr J. 2010 Jan 22; 9:3.