Editing Chromium (section)

===Food sources===
Food composition databases such as those maintained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture do not contain information on the chromium content of foods.<ref name="USDA-Database">{{cite web|url = https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/index.html|title = USDA Food Composition Databases|date = April 2018|website = United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service|access-date = 4 October 2018|archive-date = 3 December 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191203185131/https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/index.html|url-status = live}}</ref> A wide variety of animal and vegetable foods contain chromium.<ref name=ods/><ref name="IOM-Chromium" /> Content per serving is influenced by the chromium content of the soil in which the plants are grown, by foodstuffs fed to animals, and by processing methods, as chromium is leached into foods if processed or cooked in stainless steel equipment.<ref>
{{cite journal|last1 = Kumpulainen|first1 = JT|title = Chromium content of foods and diets|journal = Biological Trace Element Research|volume = 32|issue = 1–3|pages = 9–18|date = 1992|pmid = 1375091|doi = 10.1007/BF02784582 | bibcode=1992BTER...32....9K |s2cid = 10189109}}</ref> One diet analysis study conducted in Mexico reported an average daily chromium intake of 30 micrograms.<ref>{{cite journal|last1 = Grijalva Haro|first1 = MI|last2 = Ballesteros Vázquez|first2 = MN|last3 = Cabrera Pacheco|first3 = RM|title = Chromium content in foods and dietary intake estimation in the Northwest of Mexico|language = es|journal = Arch Latinoam Nutr|volume = 51|issue = 1|pages = 105–110|date = 2001|pmid = 11515227}}</ref> An estimated 31% of adults in the United States consume multi-vitamin/mineral dietary supplements,<ref name="Kantor2016">{{cite journal|last1 = Kantor|first1 = Elizabeth D|last2 = Rehm|first2 = Colin D|last3 = Du|first3 = Mengmeng|last4 = White|first4 = Emily|last5 = Giovannucci|first5 = Edward L|title = Trends in Dietary Supplement Use Among US Adults From 1999–2012|journal = JAMA|volume = 316|issue = 14|pages = 1464–1474|date = 11 October 2017|pmid = 27727382|pmc = 5540241|doi = 10.1001/jama.2016.14403}}</ref> which often contain 25 to 60 micrograms of chromium.