\"Free range\" lard has 500 IU vitamin D per teaspoon

Happened across an article about vitamin D in lard Feb 2011

The following is the result of a 60 minute search on the web.

Can understand now why cookies and pies baked with lard used to be so good for you.

     Lard used to have a lot of vitamin D.

From http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Vitamin-D.html 2006

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The second richest source of vitamin D is lard . No, you didn't read that wrong -- lard.

Lard ranks #18 on our list of the top 22 foods richest in cholesterol, and is over four times richer in vitamin D than its nearest competitor, herring.

Granted, the pigs need to be exposed to sunlight to generate vitamin D.

From Weston Price (a few years ago)

Food Sources of Vitamin D per 100 grams

Cod Liver Oil 10,000

Lard (Pork Fat) 2,800 ( 500 IU per teaspoon )

Lots of detail at http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=12850.0

Pigs are now rarely "free range" however

Wonder if the higher price for lard, pork and bacon with vitamin D would pay for having UV enhanced lighting

Where to buy lard which is high in vitamin D

http://www.cheeseslave.com/2009/08/04/70-of-us-children-are-vitamin-d-deficient/ comments

The following was the only hit for lard and "vitamin D" in Google Shopping Feb 2011

http://www.ecrater.com/p/10645886/lard-quart $12 a quart - from pigs living in the wild in sunny Florida

Searching Google for "vitamin D" lard ("pastured pigs" OR "pastured pork") 2,00 hits Nov 2017

See also Vitamin D Life

• "Free Range Lard" has lots of vitamin D and is good for you

• Vitamin D content of pork increased 3X with about 10 hours of noonday sun – Nov 2017

• Swine need sunshine or 500-2800 IU vitamin D3

• Overview Veterinary and Vitamin D

• All items: Food and vitamin D items

• 12 new reasons why vitamin D deficiency is becoming epidemic

• Free-range bacon has 2800 IU of vitamin D per 100 grams

• Timeline of Heart Disease, Diabetes, fats, lard, HFCS, and vitamin D – Aug 2012

• Does Less Sun mean More Disease video made by Vitamin D Life includes a section on pies made with lard

Even food no longer provides as much Vitamin D as it did 100 years ago.

For example, in 1900, pie crust was made with lard from pigs raised outdoors.

Back then, just one piece of a double-crust pie provided 2000 IU of Vitamin D

Today, pie crust is made from vegetable oil or shortening.

How much Vitamin D?     Zero.

See also web

• USDA 100 IU in 100 grams of bacon grease - suspect not indoor pigs

• USDA Vitamin D not mentioned in microwaved bacon

• Demand Grows for Hogs That Are Raised Humanely Outdoors New York Times Jan 2014, No mention of vitamin D

• Lard: The Lost Art of Cooking with Your Grandmother's Secret Ingredient Book on Amazon (US) - vitamin D mentioned on only 1 page