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Highest potassium foods

Ranked by potassium per 100 g. Topped by leavening agents, cream of tartar at 16,500.0 mg.

Highest potassium foods, top 50

#FoodpotassiumCaloriesProtein
1 Leavening agents, cream of tartar 16,500.0 mg2580.0 g
2 Parsley, freeze-dried 6,300.0 mg27131.3 g
3 Tomatoes, sun-dried 3,427.0 mg25814.1 g
4 Chives, freeze-dried 2,960.0 mg31121.2 g
5 Carrot, dehydrated 2,540.0 mg3418.1 g
6 Soy flour, full-fat, raw 2,515.0 mg43437.8 g
7 Soy meal, defatted, raw 2,490.0 mg33749.2 g
8 Soy flour, defatted 2,384.0 mg32751.5 g
9 Whey, acid, dried 2,289.0 mg33911.7 g
10 Spices, paprika 2,280.0 mg28214.1 g
11 Baobab powder 2,189.0 mg2503.7 g
12 Yeast extract spread 2,100.0 mg18523.9 g
13 Soy flour, low-fat 2,090.0 mg37249.8 g
14 Whey, sweet, dried 2,080.0 mg35312.9 g
15 Tomato powder 1,927.0 mg30212.9 g
16 Spearmint, dried 1,924.0 mg28519.9 g
17 Meat extender 1,902.0 mg31141.7 g
18 Hearts of palm, raw 1,806.0 mg1152.7 g
19 Soybeans, mature seeds, raw 1,797.0 mg44636.5 g
20 Snacks, potato chips, reduced fat 1,744.0 mg4717.1 g
21 Spices, saffron 1,724.0 mg31011.4 g
22 Beverages, chocolate powder, no sugar added 1,705.0 mg3509.1 g
23 Shallots, freeze-dried 1,650.0 mg34812.3 g
24 Onions, dehydrated flakes 1,622.0 mg3499.0 g
25 Milk, buttermilk, dried 1,592.0 mg38734.3 g
26 Kanpyo, (dried gourd strips) 1,582.0 mg2588.6 g
27 Snacks, potato chips, cheese-flavor 1,528.0 mg4968.5 g
28 Rice bran, crude 1,485.0 mg31613.4 g
29 Molasses 1,464.0 mg2900.0 g
30 Cheese, gjetost 1,409.0 mg4669.7 g
31 Pigeon peas (red gram), mature seeds, raw 1,392.0 mg34321.7 g
32 Peanut flour, low fat 1,358.0 mg42833.8 g
33 Seeds, cottonseed kernels, roasted (glandless) 1,350.0 mg50632.6 g
34 Peanut flour, defatted 1,290.0 mg32752.2 g
35 Mung beans, mature seeds, raw 1,246.0 mg34723.9 g
36 Snacks, potato sticks 1,237.0 mg5226.7 g
37 Hyacinth beans, mature seeds, raw 1,235.0 mg34423.9 g
38 Seeds, hemp seed, hulled 1,200.0 mg55331.6 g
39 Mothbeans, mature seeds, raw 1,191.0 mg34322.9 g
40 Spices, dill seed 1,186.0 mg30516.0 g
41 Seeds, breadnut tree seeds, raw 1,183.0 mg2176.0 g
42 Wheat bran, crude 1,182.0 mg21615.6 g
43 Yardlong beans, mature seeds, raw 1,157.0 mg34724.3 g
44 Egg, white, dried 1,125.0 mg38281.1 g
45 Spices, cardamom 1,119.0 mg31110.8 g
46 Seeds, breadfruit seeds, roasted 1,082.0 mg2076.2 g
47 Broadbeans (fava beans), mature seeds, raw 1,062.0 mg34126.1 g
48 Nuts, pistachio nuts, raw 1,025.0 mg56020.2 g
49 Nuts, beechnuts, dried 1,017.0 mg5766.2 g
50 Lupins, mature seeds, raw 1,013.0 mg37136.2 g

Ranking by weight favours dry and concentrated foods — leavening agents, cream of tartar tops this list partly because it contains little water.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

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