Fruits are rarely good sources of iron, but there is an exception worth mentioning. You may associate prunes with A-listers in the lineup of effective constipation remedies — and you would be right — but they’re good for more than just that. One cup of prune juice contains 3 mg of iron or 17% of your RDI. A cup of pitted prunes contains 1.6 mg of iron. Prunes are also an excellent source of fiber, vitamin K, B vitamins, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, and manganese.

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