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Copper

Best Food Sources for Copper

Beef and meat by-products, oysters, lobster, shiitake mushrooms, semi-sweet chocolate, unsweetened baking chocolate, blue crab, wild eastern crab, Alaskan king crab, tomato paste, pearled barley, nuts, soybeans, white beans, chickpeas, sunflower seeds.

Copper Food Source	Unit	Serving Size	Copper Content
Beef Liver	mg	3 ounces, pan fried	12400
Oysters, wild Eastern	mg	6 medium	3.740
Lobster	mg	3 ounces, cooked	1.649
Shiitake Mushrooms	mg	1 cup	1.299
Semi-sweet Chocolate Candies	mg	1 cup	1.176
Crab, blue	mg	1 cup, canned	1.026
Crab, Alaskan King	mg	3 ounces, cooked	1.005
Tomato Paste	mg	1 cup	0.956
Baking Chocolate, unsweetened	mg	1 square	0.917
Barley, pearled	mg	1 cup	0.840
Mushrooms, common	mg	1 cup	0.786
Tomato Paste	mg	1 cup	0.718
Chestnuts	mg	1 cup, roasted	0.725
Soybeans	mg	1 cup, cooked	0.700
Cashew Nuts	mg	1 ounce, roasted	0.629
Chickpeas	mg	1 cup	0.577
Sunflower Seeds	mg	1 ounce, hulled	0.519
Brazil Nuts	mg	6 - 8 nuts	0.494

Deficiency Signs & Symptoms of Copper

Toxicity Signs & Symptoms of Copper

How Copper is Used in the Body

Therapeutic Benefits of Copper

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