The Boron Boutique
November 1999

Do you know where your next meal is coming from? Chances are, some of it derives from plants, like fruits and vegetables, coffee and wine, even breads and cereals.

Plant-based foods are also where people around the world get most of their boron. This makes sense when you consider that all plants need boron to grow.

Here's a list of the top 15 contributors of dietary boron in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico, Egypt and Kenya, as reported by researcher Charlene Rainey in The Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine, March 1999.

United States Coffee Milk Apples Beans Potatoes Orange juice Peanut butter Wine Apple juice Cola drinks Peaches Breads Bananas Cereals (ready-to-eat) Grapes	Mexico Tortillas Beans Pulque (fermented cactus drink) Cactus Potatoes Avocados Tomatoes Lamb's-quarters Milk Eggs Breads Onions Squash, zucchini Rice Plaintain
Egypt Breads Broad beans Falafel Bouillon cubes, beef Rice Tomatoes Dates Potatoes Oranges Cabbage Eggplant Onions Cowpeas Guava Grapes	Kenya Maize Kidney beans Bananas Mangos Potatoes Leaf, medium Kale Papaya Leaf, cowpea Milk Taro root Sweet potatoes/yams Cassava Tea Avocados