HCA: Hermit Crab Association

This list helped me prioritize foods for my straws to give them the best color. These are the top 50 items, and some overlap, but you can access the web page here: http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-000 ... 00000.html

1 Peppers, hot chili, red, canned, excluding seeds, solids and liquids
Beta Carotene: 63455mcg

2 Lettuce, cos or romaine, raw
Beta Carotene: 61469mcg

3 Lettuce, green leaf, raw
Beta Carotene: 59240mcg

4 Kale, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
Beta Carotene: 58821mcg

5 Kale, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Beta Carotene: 58821mcg

6 Kale, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
Beta Carotene: 58388mcg

7 Kale, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Beta Carotene: 58388mcg

8 Lettuce, red leaf, raw
Beta Carotene: 56182mcg

9 Baby food, carrots, toddler
Beta Carotene: 55055mcg

10 Spinach, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
Beta Carotene: 54668mcg

11 Spinach, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Beta Carotene: 54668mcg

12 Dandelion greens, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
Beta Carotene: 52888mcg

13 Pokeberry shoots, (poke), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
Beta Carotene: 52197mcg

14 Pokeberry shoots, (poke), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Beta Carotene: 52197mcg

15 Carrots, canned, regular pack, solids and liquids
Beta Carotene: 51646mcg

16 Spinach, canned, drained solids
Beta Carotene: 51134mcg

17 Mustard greens, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
Beta Carotene: 50596mcg

18 Mustard greens, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Beta Carotene: 50596mcg

19 Spinach, raw
Beta Carotene: 48917mcg

20 Spinach, frozen, chopped or leaf, unprepared
Beta Carotene: 48525mcg

21 Mustard greens, raw
Beta Carotene: 48463mcg

22 Carrots, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
Beta Carotene: 47614mcg

23 Carrots, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Beta Carotene: 47614mcg

24 Carrot juice, canned
Beta Carotene: 46525mcg

25 Carrots, canned, no salt added, solids and liquids
Beta Carotene: 46347mcg

26 Turnip greens, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
Beta Carotene: 45741mcg

27 Turnip greens, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Beta Carotene: 45741mcg

28 Mustard greens, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
Beta Carotene: 44695mcg

29 Mustard greens, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Beta Carotene: 44695mcg

30 Turnip greens, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
Beta Carotene: 44551mcg

31 Turnip greens, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Beta Carotene: 44551mcg

32 Carrots, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
Beta Carotene: 44308mcg

33 Carrots, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Beta Carotene: 44308mcg

34 Turnip greens, raw
Beta Carotene: 43448mcg

35 Carrots, canned, no salt added, drained solids
Beta Carotene: 42647mcg

36 Carrots, canned, regular pack, drained solids
Beta Carotene: 42647mcg

37 Spinach, frozen, chopped or leaf, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
Beta Carotene: 42578mcg

38 Spinach, frozen, chopped or leaf, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Beta Carotene: 42578mcg

39 Cabbage, chinese (pak-choi), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
Beta Carotene: 42485mcg

40 Cabbage, chinese (pak-choi), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Beta Carotene: 42485mcg

41 Baby food, vegetables, carrots, strained
Beta Carotene: 41299mcg

42 Cabbage, chinese (pak-choi), raw
Beta Carotene: 41247mcg

43 Pumpkin, canned, with salt
Beta Carotene: 40836mcg

44 Pumpkin, canned, without salt
Beta Carotene: 40836mcg

45 Carrots, raw [Includes USDA commodity food A099]
Beta Carotene: 40419mcg

46 Carrots, frozen, unprepared
Beta Carotene: 39154mcg

47 Chard, swiss, raw
Beta Carotene: 38395mcg

48 Collards, frozen, chopped, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
Beta Carotene: 37879mcg

49 Collards, frozen, chopped, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Beta Carotene: 37879mcg

50 Turnip greens, canned, no salt added
Beta Carotene: 37614mcg



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I could use these for all my guys. It'll keep my orange E orange and it'll help bring back colour to Scarlett. :3

thanks I am always trying to think of new foods to feed to help promote good coloring!

Excellent info! I would not have suspected the high level in many of the green leaf veggies.

That's what amazed me so much. I was trying to pump my straws full of red and orange veggies, but there is so much variety I could be giving them and still be enhancing their color! The list definitely changed how I feed my straws.

I just wanted to bump this post because we seem to have a lot of new straw owners on the forum. I think it's a great wy to see that your straws can get plenty of beta carotene outside the traditional orange/red fruits and veggies!