Determine the Food Sources of Vitamin A?

Vitamin A or retinol performed vitamin A), as you may already know, is found only in foods of animal origin, such as milk, cheese, cream butter; ghee, egg, fish, kidney  and liver, liver oils of fish such as halibut, cod and shark. Pro vitamin A (so called because it is a precursor and has to be chemically transformed into retinal) or ß-carotene is found primarily in plant foods, which contain orange or yellow-coloured pigments called carotenoid β-carotene. is the most widely distributed carotenoid in  plant foods. Palm fruit and red palm oil are the richest source of beta-carotene and dark green leafy vegetables, ripe Fruits such as mango, papaya, apricots and yellow orange vegetables like carrot, pumpkin and sweet potato are rich in β-carotene.  Figure illustrates the sources of Vitamin A and beta-carotene.

Now that we have looked at the sources, let us understand how vitamin A is absorbed and stored in our body.