Foods high in Magnesium (USDA SR Legacy)

Magnesium enters the body in whole foods but leaves during processing. Refining grains strips away the bran and germ where magnesium accumulates. Soaking nuts and seeds can reduce phytic acid, which binds magnesium and limits absorption. Fortification adds it back, so processed foods sometimes contain more than their whole-food origins.

Green vegetables, nuts, seeds and whole grains hold the highest magnesium content. What this ranking shows you is concentration per 100 g, not how much your body actually absorbs. Phytates and other compounds in plant foods can reduce bioavailability, though cooking and soaking help.

FDA daily value: 420 mg

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Showing 951–1000 of 7,208 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
951 Infant formula, GERBER, GOOD START 2 SOY, with iron, powder Baby Foods 55.00 mg 13%
952 Candies, MOUNDS Candy Bar Sweets 55.00 mg 13%
953 Amaranth leaves, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 55.00 mg 13%
954 Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 55.00 mg 13%
955 Amaranth leaves, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 55.00 mg 13%
956 Candies, fudge, chocolate, with nuts, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 55.00 mg 13%
957 Bread, kneel down (Navajo) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 55.00 mg 13%
958 Snacks, potato chips, made from dried potatoes, sour-cream and onion-flavor Snacks 55.00 mg 13%
959 Leavening agents, yeast, baker's, active dry Baked Products 54.00 mg 13%
960 Rolls, dinner, rye Baked Products 54.00 mg 13%
961 Bread, pumpernickel Baked Products 54.00 mg 13%
962 Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, CAP'N CRUNCH'S Halloween Crunch Breakfast Cereals 54.00 mg 13%
963 Fish, spot, cooked, dry heat Finfish and Shellfish Products 54.00 mg 13%
964 Fish, haddock, smoked Finfish and Shellfish Products 54.00 mg 13%
965 Lupins, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 54.00 mg 13%
966 Carob flour Legumes and Legume Products 54.00 mg 13%
967 Crackers, wheat, sandwich, with cheese filling Baked Products 54.00 mg 13%
968 Winged beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 54.00 mg 13%
969 Winged beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 54.00 mg 13%
970 Lupins, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 54.00 mg 13%
971 Cheese, goat, hard type Dairy and Egg Products 54.00 mg 13%
972 Mollusks, oyster, eastern, canned Finfish and Shellfish Products 54.00 mg 13%
973 Nuts, chestnuts, european, boiled and steamed Nut and Seed Products 54.00 mg 13%
974 Seeds, breadfruit seeds, raw Nut and Seed Products 54.00 mg 13%
975 Beans, pinto, immature seeds, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 54.00 mg 13%
976 Toppings, nuts in syrup Sweets 54.00 mg 13%
977 Cornmeal, white, self-rising, bolted, with wheat flour added, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 54.00 mg 13%
978 Pasta, whole-wheat, cooked (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Cereal Grains and Pasta 54.00 mg 13%
979 Cornmeal, yellow, self-rising, bolted, with wheat flour added, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 54.00 mg 13%
980 Beans, pinto, immature seeds, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 54.00 mg 13%
981 Dates, medjool Fruits and Fruit Juices 54.00 mg 13%
982 Rolls, pumpernickel Baked Products 54.00 mg 13%
983 Restaurant, Latino, pupusas con frijoles (pupusas, bean) Restaurant Foods 54.00 mg 13%
984 Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 13%
985 Cookies, brownies, prepared from recipe Baked Products 53.00 mg 13%
986 Snacks, vegetable chips, made from garden vegetables Snacks 53.00 mg 13%
987 Tofu, hard, prepared with nigari Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 13%
988 Beverages, chocolate-flavor beverage mix for milk, powder, with added nutrients Beverages 53.00 mg 13%
989 Lima beans, thin seeded (baby), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 13%
990 Beans, navy, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 13%
991 Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 13%
992 Beans, navy, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 13%
993 Fish, sea bass, mixed species, cooked, dry heat Finfish and Shellfish Products 53.00 mg 13%
994 Babyfood, snack, GERBER, GRADUATES, YOGURT MELTS Baby Foods 53.00 mg 13%
995 Cookies, chocolate wafers Baked Products 53.00 mg 13%
996 Lima beans, thin seeded (baby), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 13%
997 Succotash, (corn and limas), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 53.00 mg 13%
998 Nuts, ginkgo nuts, dried Nut and Seed Products 53.00 mg 13%
999 Beans, pinto, mature seeds, sprouted, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 53.00 mg 13%
1000 Pasta, dry, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 53.00 mg 13%

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