With respect to vitamin A, ingestion of a portion of 100 g conventionally grown acerola meets more than half the daily requirements of adults and 100% of the daily requirements of children, thus representing a source rich in provitamin A. Organic acerola was found to be a good source of vitamin A. For the other fruits, the order of classification regarding their importance to meet daily vitamin A requirements was organic persimmon > conventional persimmon > organic and conventional strawberry.