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