According to a book, Cornered, by Barry C Lynn, China controls a hundred percent of vitamin C. This is bad because without vitamin C you will get scurvy and die.

They control the price on one vital vitamin.

Who knows what China will put in our vitamins. Look what they did with candy and toys...grrr

eat a damn orange!

NDRU said:

Take this seriously!

What if you are alergic, cupcake? lol

This is why companies started to put citric acid in foods. You raise vitamin C prices and all food will go up.

2freaky4church1 said:

according to wikipedia you have this options(i know wikipedia isn't really trusting or reliable..but i am not doing an academic paper)

Plant source Amount
(mg / 100g)
Kakadu plum 3100
Camu Camu 2800
Rose hip 2000
Acerola 1600
Seabuckthorn 695
Jujube 500
Indian gooseberry 445
Baobab 400
Blackcurrant 200
Red pepper 190
Parsley 130
Guava 100
Kiwifruit 90
Broccoli 90
Loganberry 80
Redcurrant 80
Brussels sprouts 80
Wolfberry (Goji) 73 †
Lychee 70
Cloudberry 60
Elderberry 60
Persimmon 60
† average of 3 sources; dried
Plant source Amount
(mg / 100g)
Papaya 60
Strawberry 60
Orange 50
Kale 41
Lemon 40
Melon, cantaloupe 40
Cauliflower 40
Garlic 31
Grapefruit 30
Raspberry 30
Tangerine 30
Mandarin orange 30
Passion fruit 30
Spinach 30
Cabbage raw green 30
Lime 30
Mango 28
Blackberry 21
Potato 20
Melon, honeydew 20
Cranberry 13
Tomato 10
Blueberry 10
Pineapple 10
Pawpaw 10
Plant source Amount
(mg / 100g)
Grape 10
Apricot 10
Plum 10
Watermelon 10
Banana 9
Carrot 9
Avocado 8
Crabapple 8
Persimmon - fresh 7
Cherry 7
Peach 7
Apple 6
Asparagus 6
Beetroot 5
Chokecherry 5
Pear 4
Lettuce 4
Cucumber 3
Eggplant 2
Raisin 2
fig 2
Bilberry 1
Horned melon 0.5
Medlar 0.3

Goths don't eat fruit, do they? I thought you all sucked necks..lol

2freaky4church1 said:

sucking necks, i has gone to my hips..so..yeah.

There are lots of foods you can get Vitamin C from: red berries, kiwifruit, red and green bell peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, spinach, and all the stuff on Baroque's list above. Plus, there are juices.



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Aside from your figures being wrong by about 20%, it's our own damn fault.

Your conclusions of contaminated Vitamin C are also suspect as the "control" you're taking about, as in high prices, is due to increased regulations on the production in China.