Vitamin K is used by the liver to make substances that are necessary for proper blood clotting. According to the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Nutrition Board at the Institute of Medicine recommends a dietary intake of 90 micrograms per day of Vitamin K for adults 19 years of age and older. Suddenly decreasing the intake of Vitamin K foods without physician guidance by people taking a blood thinner called warfarin, also referred to as Coumadin, can affect the way the medication works in the body.
Vegetables and Fruits
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), vegetables with zero amounts of Vitamin K include canned beets, cream-style yellow sweet corn and canned yellow sweet corn. Fruits that don't contain Vitamin K include pink or white grapefruit, starfruit, tangerine, lemons and oranges.
Meat and Seafood
According to the USDA, pork products that don't contain Vitamin K include bacon, cured ham, pork center loin, country-style pork ribs, Canadian-style bacon, pork shoulder, pork spareribs and plain pork skins. Poultry products that don't contain Vitamin K include roasted light meat turkey, chicken giblets, chicken liver, chicken frankfurter and egg whites. According to the USDA, seafood that doesn't contain Vitamin K includes canned shrimp.
Dairy
According to the USDA, dairy products that don't contain Vitamin K include fat-free cream cheese, dried buttermilk, nonfat evaporated milk with added Vitamin A and Vitamin D; instant nonfat dry milk with added Vitamin A and Vitamin D; fat-free or skim milk with added Vitamin A and Vitamin D; and nonfat or lowf-at cottage cheese.
Pasta, Rice and Bread
Pasta and rice products that don't contain Vitamin K include egg noodles, spaghetti, precooked or instant long-grain white rice, macaroni and long-grain rice. Bread products that don't contain Vitamin K include reduced-calorie bread.
Cereals
Certain Kellogg's cereals don't contain Vitamin K, including Corn Pops, Fruit Loops, Cocoa Krispies, Crispix, Rice Krispies and Corn Flakes. Regular and quick-cooking corn grits also don't contain Vitamin K.
Nuts
Nuts that don't contain Vitamin K includes unsalted or salted dry-roasted peanuts, oil-roasted salted peanuts, almonds, dried brazil nuts and dry-roasted salted macadamia nuts.
Mushrooms
According to the USDA, mushrooms that don't contain Vitamin K include white mushrooms, canned mushrooms and cooked or dried shiitake mushrooms.
Drinks
Drinks that don't contain Vitamin K include tap water, brewed or instant tea, lemonade, fruit punch and instant coffee. Carbonated drinks that don't contain Vitamin K include low-calorie decaffeinated soda, cola with caffeine, ginger ale, club soda, root beer, lemon-lime flavored drink and grape drink.
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