> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.foodconsumer.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Copper rich foods - URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/050220090945_copper_rich_foods/ - Published: 2009-05-02T22:34:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-15T12:21:30.000Z - Description: A reference page pairing recommended copper intakes by age — 200 mcg daily for the youngest infants up to 900 mcg for adults and 1,300 mcg for breastfeeding women — with USDA figures ranking foods by copper content. Pan-fried beef liver, raw oysters and lobster lead the table. - Author: Food Consumer - Tags: Food Chemicals, Copper, #vivvo-import **Recommended dietary allowance for copper** Infants aged 0 to 6 months: 200 mcg per day Infants aged 7 to 12 months: 220 mcg per day Children aged 1 to 3 years: 340 mcg per day Children aged 4 to 8 years: 440 mcg per day Children aged 9 to 13 years: 700 mcg per day Adolescents aged 14-18 years 890 mcg per day adults aged 19 and older 900 mcg per day pregnant women: 1,000 mcg per day breastfeeding women: 1,300 mcg per day USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21 **Copper, Cu (mg)** Content of Selected Foods per Common Measure, sorted by nutrient content NDB\_No/ Description/ Weight (g)/ Common Measure/ Content per Measure 13327 Beef, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, pan-fried 85 3 oz 12.400 15167 Mollusks, oyster, eastern, wild, raw 84 6 medium 3.740 15168 Mollusks, oyster, eastern, cooked, breaded and fried 85 3 oz 3.650 15148 Crustaceans, lobster, northern, cooked, moist heat 85 3 oz 1.649 11269 Mushrooms, shiitake, cooked, without salt 145 1 cup 1.299 19062 Snacks, trail mix, regular, with chocolate chips, salted nuts and seeds 146 1 cup 1.232 19080 Candies, semisweet chocolate 168 1 cup 1.176 15141 Crustaceans, crab, blue, canned 135 1 cup 1.026 15137 Crustaceans, crab, alaska king, cooked, moist heat 85 3 oz 1.005 11546 **Tomato products**, canned, paste, without salt added 262 1 cup 0.956 19078 Baking chocolate, unsweetened, squares 28.35 1 square 0.917 20005 **Barley**, pearled, raw 200 1 cup 0.840 11261 **Mushrooms**, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt 156 1 cup 0.786 22247 Macaroni and Cheese, canned entree 252 1 cup 0.746 19061 Snacks, trail mix, tropical 140 1 cup 0.739 12167 **Nuts, chestnuts**, european, roasted 143 1 cup 0.725 11547 **Tomato products**, canned, puree, without salt added 250 1 cup 0.718 16109 **Soybeans**, mature cooked, boiled, without salt 172 1 cup 0.700 12585 **Nuts, cashew nuts**, dry roasted, with salt added 28.35 1 oz 0.629 20011 Buckwheat flour, whole-groat 120 1 cup 0.618 16051 Beans, white, mature seeds, canned 262 1 cup 0.608 22904 Chili con carne with beans, canned entree 222 1 cup 0.602 21042 Fast foods, chili con carne 253 1 cup 0.595 12537 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, with salt added 32 1/4 cup 0.586 15160 Mollusks, clam, mixed species, canned, drained solids 85 3 oz 0.585 12586 Nuts, cashew nuts, oil roasted, with salt added 28.35 1 oz (18 nuts) 0.579 16057 Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt 164 1 cup 0.577 16008 Beans, baked, canned, with franks 259 1 cup 0.552 15140 Crustaceans, crab, blue, cooked, moist heat 85 3 oz 0.548 19077 Baking chocolate, unsweetened, liquid 28.35 1 oz 0.541 16011 Beans, baked, canned, with pork and tomato sauce 253 1 cup 0.539 12537 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, with salt added 28.35 1 oz 0.519 05142 Duck, domesticated, meat only, cooked, roasted 221 1/2 duck 0.511 16070 Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt 198 1 cup 0.497 12078 Nuts, brazilnuts, dried, unblanched 28.35 1 oz (6-8 nuts) 0.494 20046 Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, enriched, dry 185 1 cup 0.494 12120 Nuts, hazelnuts or filberts 28.35 1 oz 0.489 11578 Vegetable juice cocktail, canned 242 1 cup 0.484 05022 Chicken, broilers or fryers, giblets, cooked, simmered 145 1 cup 0.480 11364 Potatoes, baked, skin, without salt 58 1 skin 0.474 12637 Nuts, mixed nuts, with peanuts, oil roasted, with salt added 28.35 1 oz 0.471 06931 Sauce, pasta, spaghetti/marinara, ready-to-serve 250 1 cup 0.470 20012 Bulgur, dry 140 1 cup 0.469 09298 Raisins, seedless 145 1 cup 0.461 16063 Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt 172 1 cup 0.461 20080 Wheat flour, whole-grain 120 1 cup 0.458 11370 Potatoes, hashed brown, home-prepared 156 1 cup 0.457 12155 Nuts, walnuts, english 28.35 1 oz (14 halves) 0.450