| Recommendation of the German Nutrition Society (DGE) [µg/day]. | |||
| Infants (0 to less than 4 months) | 7 | Children (7 to under 10 years) | 40-80 |
| Infants (4 to under 12 months) | 20-40 | Children (10 to under 15 years) | 50-100 |
| Children (1 to under 4 years) | 25-50 | Teenagers and adults (15 years and older) | 50-100 |
| Children (4 to under 7 years) | 30-75 | ||
| Molybdenum content – expressed in µg – per 100 g of foodstuff. | |||||
| Cereal products | Garden cress | 10,0 | Meat, poultry, sausages | ||
| Corn flakes | 8,0 | Leek | 10,0 | Pork (muscle meat) | 3,0 |
| Mixed rye bread | 15,0 | Onions | 32,0 | Beef (lean meat) | 28,0 |
| Wheat bran | 20,0 | French beans | 43,0 | Roast chicken | 40,0 |
| Egg noodles | 23,0 | Spinach | 53,0 | ||
| Whole wheat bread | 23,0 | Garlic | 70,0 | Fish | |
| Wholemeal rye bread | 24,0 | Red cabbage | 127,0 | Sardines | 3,0 |
| White bread | 25,0 | Bream | 19,0 | ||
| Rye flour, type 997 | 30,0 | Fruit | Lobster | 23,0 | |
| Natural rice | 31,0 | Plums | 6,0 | Carp | 38,0 |
| Rye meal, type 1800 | 44,0 | Currants, red | 10,0 | Mussels | 40,0 |
| Oats | 70,0 | Cranberries | 10,0 | Zander | 51,0 |
| Buckwheat | 485,0 | Honeydew melon | 34,0 | ||
| Drinks | |||||
| Legumes | Milk, dairy products, egg | Red wine | 1,4 | ||
| Green peas | 70,0 | Whole milk, 3.5 | 4,2 | Grape juice | 4,5 |
| Soybeans | 210,0 | Edible curd, lean | 7,0 | ||
| Egg | 14,0 | Miscellaneous | |||
| Vegetables and salads | Whey | 34,0 | Cashew nuts | 10,0 | |
| Mushrooms | 3,3 | Coconuts | 25,0 | ||
| Kale | 4,0 | Peanuts | 43,0 | ||
| Carrots | 8,0 | Cocoa powder | 73,0 | ||
| Brussels sprouts | 7,0 | ||||
Note: Foods in bold are particularly high in molybdenum.
