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Table 1 Content of sulfur, nitrate and nitrite in selected foods

Food category	Specific food	Sulfur amino acids (cysteine + methionine)1, mg/100 g	Sulfates2, mg/100 g/mL	Nitrate3, mg/kg	Nitrite3, mg/kg
High sulfur amino acids foods	Beef	239	-	-	-
	Chicken	291	-	-	-
	Turkey	269	-	-	-
	Tuna	268	-	-	-
	Prawns	189	-	-	-
	Eggs	162	-	-	-
	Cheese, hard	174	-	-	-
High sulfites foods	Dried apricots	-	300	-	-
	Dried apples	-	490	-	-
	Commercial bread	-	80-150	-	-
	Wine	-	38	-	-
High sulfates foods	Cabbage	-	84	-	-
	Broccoli	-	90	-	-
	Cauliflower	-	50	-	-
	Brussels sprouts	-	93	-	-
High nitrates foods	Lettuce	-	-	2351	-
	Celery	-	-	2110	-
	Spinach	-	-	1509	-
	Leek	-	-	841	-
High nitrites foods	Sausages, boiled	-	-	-	40
	Poultry meat	-	-	-	32
	Beef	-	-	-	59
	Bacon	-	-	-	86

¹From reference Magee et al[46], 2004.

²From reference Florin et al[45], 1993.

³From reference Temme et al[44], 2011.