Vitamin K Levels in Common Foods
Your quick guide to eating fruit while taking Coumadin (warfarin)
Here is a handy list of the amounts of Vitamin K in the indicated servings of common fruits. Vitamin K measurements are for the edible portion and if they are cooked, they are measured before cooking. Remember that consistency is key in your daily amount of Vitamin K so that your INR and your dosage of Coumadin (warfarin) can remain stable.
The current Recommended Daily Allowance of Vitamin K is 70-80 micrograms per day. Here's why the RDA should be your target.
Item | Amount | Vitamin K (in micrograms) |
Apple, red (Red Delicious) | 1 small (about 5.5 oz.) | 4.1 mcg |
Apple, green (Granny Smith) | 1 small (about 5 oz.) | 4.6 mcg |
Applesauce | 1/2 cup | 0.6 mcg |
Apricot | 1 (about 1 1/2 oz.) | 1.2 mcg |
Avocado | 1/2 cup, sliced (about 2.5 oz.) | 15.3 |
Banana | 1 medium (about 4 oz.) | 0.6 mcg |
Blueberries | 1/2 cup berries | 14.3 mcg |
Cantaloupe | wedge, 1/8 of melon (about 2.5 oz.) | 1.7 mcg |
Cherries | 15 (about 4 oz. unpitted) | 2.6 mcg |
Cranberry sauce (canned, jellied) | 1/2 cup | 0.0 mcg |
Fruit cocktail, canned, in light syrup | 1/2 cup | 3.1 mcg |
Grapefruit (Warning! Avoid grapefruit if you are taking Coumadin) | 1/2 | 0.0 mcg |
Red or green seedless grapes | 12 grapes (about 2 oz.) | 8.6 mcg |
Kiwi fruit | 1 medium | 27.8 mcg |
Lemon juice | juice of 1 average lemon | 0.0 mcg |
Orange | 1 small (about 3" in diameter) | 0.0 mcg |
Peach | 1 medium | 3.9 mcg |
Canned pears in light syrup | 4 oz., drained | 0.4 mcg |
Fresh pear | 1 medium pear (about 6 oz.) | 6.7 mcg |
Plums | 1 medium | 4.2 mcg |
Dried prunes | 1/2 cup | 51.8 |
Canned pumpkin | 1/2 cup | 19.6 mcg |
Raisins | 1.5 oz. | 1.5 mcg |
Fresh strawberries | 4 oz. | 2.5 mcg |
Watermelon | 4 oz. | 0.1 mcbg |