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Vitamin D content of wild-caught traditional foods collected on Nyoongar Country in Western Australia
Food chemistry, Vol.496(Pt. 3), 146938
2025
PMID: 41197327
Abstract
Low vitamin D status and intake are prevalent among the Australian population, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We hypothesised that some traditional foods could contain vitamin D, and measured vitamin D in foods from Nyoongar Country, Western Australia. Samples of kangaroo, emu, squid/calamari and lobster/crayfish were collected and prepared by Aboriginal people using traditional and contemporary methods. We measured vitamin D3, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3), vitamin D2 and 25(OH)D2 using liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry. Kangaroo meat and offal were largely devoid of vitamin D (no mean values >0.1 μg/100 g). Vitamin D3 was found in emu meat and calamari/squid (range 0.5–1.0 μg/100 g). No samples contained 25(OH)D3, vitamin D2 or 25(OH)D2 at mean values >0.1 μg/100 g. Modern food composition data can complement traditional knowledges in the promotion of traditional foods for healthy eating and social and emotional wellbeing among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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- Title
- Vitamin D content of wild-caught traditional foods collected on Nyoongar Country in Western Australia
- Authors/Creators
- Eleanor Dunlop - Deakin UniversityNoel Nannup - The University of Western AustraliaDale Tilbrook - Tharawal AboriginalCarol Michie - The Kids Research Institute AustraliaCindy Prior - The Kids Research Institute AustraliaGreg Nannup - Indigenous Tours WA, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaAlison Nannup - Tharawal AboriginalBrad Farrant - Murdoch University, Ngangk Yira Institute for ChangeJudy Cunningham - Curtin UniversityPaul Adorno - National Measurement InstituteGeorgios Dabos - National Measurement InstituteJohn Jacky - The University of Western AustraliaTheoni Whyman - The University of Western AustraliaJanine McNamara - The Kids Research Institute Australia, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, AustraliaLiam Bedford - The Kids Research Institute Australia, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, AustraliaCarrington C.J. Shepherd - Curtin UniversityAndrea Begley - Curtin UniversityBelinda Neo - Curtin UniversityLucinda J. Black - Deakin University
- Publication Details
- Food chemistry, Vol.496(Pt. 3), 146938
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd.
- Identifiers
- 991005830349407891
- Copyright
- © 2025 The Authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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