Table 1: Antinutrients in different foods [29, 68-80].

Source Type Amount
Legumes (soya, lentils, chick peas, peanuts, beans) Phytic acid
Saponins
Cyanide
Tannins
Trypsin inhibitor
Oxalates
386-714 mg/100g
106-170 mg/100g
2-200 mg/100g
1.8-18 mg/g
6.7 mg/100g
8 mg/kg
Grains (wheat, barley, rye, oat, millet, corn, spelt, kamut, sorgho) Phytic acid
Oxalates
50-74 mg/g
35-270 mg/100g
Pseudo-grains: quinoa, amaranth, wheat, buckwheat, teff Phytic acid
Lectins
Saponins
Goitrogens
0.5-7.3 g/100g
0.04-2.14 ppm
Nuts: almonds, hazelnut, cashew, pignola, pistachio, brazil nuts, walnuts, macadamia, etc. Phytic acid
Lectins
Oxalates
150-9400 mg/100g
37-144 μg/g
40-490 mg/100g
Seeds: sesame, flaxseed, poppy seed, sunflower, pumpkin Phytic acid
Alpha-amylase inhibitor
Cyanide
1-10.7 g/100g
0.251 mg/mL
140-370 ppm
Tubers: carrot, sweet potato, Jerusalem artichoke, manioc (or tapioca), yam Oxalates
Tannins
Phytates
0.4-2.3 mg/100g
4.18-6.72 mg/100g
0.06-0.08 mg/100g
Nighshades: potato, tomato, eggplant, pepper Phytic acid
Tannins
Saponins
Cyanide
0.82-4.48 mg/100g
0.19 mg/100g
0.16-0.25 mg/100g
1.6-10.5 mg/100g