Foods high in Magnesium

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 251–300 of 12,978 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
251 Formulated bar, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS MARATHON Chewy Chocolate Peanut Bar Snacks 255.00 mg 61% USDA_SR
252 Spices, curry powder Spices and Herbs 255.00 mg 61% USDA_SR
253 Spices, curry powder Spices and Herbs 255.00 mg 61% CNF
254 Flour, soy, full-fat Legumes and Legume Products 254.00 mg 60% USDA_FF
255 Flour, almond Nut and Seed Products 251.10 mg 60% USDA_FF
256 Buckwheat flour, whole-groat Cereal Grains and Pasta 251.00 mg 60% USDA_SR
257 Nuts, pine nuts, dried Nut and Seed Products 251.00 mg 60% USDA_SR
258 Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted, without peanuts, without salt added Nut and Seed Products 251.00 mg 60% USDA_SR
259 Candies, sesame crunch Sweets 251.00 mg 60% USDA_SR
260 Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted, without peanuts, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 251.00 mg 60% USDA_SR
261 Grains, buckwheat flour, whole-groat Cereals, Grains and Pasta 251.00 mg 60% CNF
262 Candies, sesame crunch (crisp) Sweets 251.00 mg 60% CNF
263 Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted without peanuts, salted Nuts and Seeds 251.00 mg 60% CNF
264 Nuts, pine nuts, pignolia, dried Nuts and Seeds 251.00 mg 60% CNF
265 Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted without peanuts Nuts and Seeds 251.00 mg 60% CNF
266 Nuts, cashew nuts, raw Nut and Seed Products 250.60 mg 60% USDA_FF
267 Formulated bar, SLIM-FAST OPTIMA meal bar, milk chocolate peanut Snacks 250.00 mg 60% USDA_SR
268 Mollusks, snail, raw Finfish and Shellfish Products 250.00 mg 60% USDA_SR
269 Mollusks, snail, raw Finfish and Shellfish Products 250.00 mg 60% CNF
270 Spices, parsley, dried Spices and Herbs 249.00 mg 59% CNF
271 Formulated bar, POWER BAR, chocolate Snacks 248.00 mg 59% USDA_SR
272 Amaranth grain, uncooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 248.00 mg 59% USDA_SR
273 Grains, rye flour, dark Cereals, Grains and Pasta 248.00 mg 59% CNF
274 Grains, amaranth, raw Cereals, Grains and Pasta 248.00 mg 59% CNF
275 Flour, coconut Nut and Seed Products 247.70 mg 59% USDA_FF
276 Beverages, Lemonade, powder Beverages 247.00 mg 59% USDA_SR
277 Beverages, fruit-flavored drink, powder, with high vitamin C with other added vitamins, low calorie Beverages 245.00 mg 58% USDA_SR
278 Beverages, coffee substitute, cereal grain beverage, powder Beverages 244.00 mg 58% USDA_SR
279 Coffee substitute, cereal grain beverage, powder Beverages 244.00 mg 58% CNF
280 Molasses Sweets 242.00 mg 58% USDA_SR
281 Sweets, fancy molasses Sweets 242.00 mg 58% CNF
282 Cereals, QUAKER, Oat Bran, QUAKER/MOTHER'S Oat Bran, dry Breakfast Cereals 241.00 mg 57% USDA_SR
283 Nuts, almonds, honey roasted, unblanched Nut and Seed Products 240.00 mg 57% USDA_SR
284 Nuts, almonds, honey roasted, unblanched Nuts and Seeds 240.00 mg 57% CNF
285 Wheat germ, crude Cereal Grains and Pasta 239.00 mg 57% USDA_SR
286 Grains, wheat germ, crude Cereals, Grains and Pasta 239.00 mg 57% CNF
287 Mollusks, conch, baked or broiled Finfish and Shellfish Products 238.00 mg 57% USDA_SR
288 Mollusks, conch, baked or broiled Finfish and Shellfish Products 238.00 mg 57% CNF
289 Nuts, butternuts, dried Nut and Seed Products 237.00 mg 56% USDA_SR
290 Nuts, butternuts (long walnuts), dried Nuts and Seeds 237.00 mg 56% CNF
291 Hazelnuts, beaked (Northern Plains Indians) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 235.00 mg 56% USDA_SR
292 Oat bran, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 235.00 mg 56% USDA_SR
293 Grains, oat bran, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 235.00 mg 56% CNF
294 Nuts, pine nuts, pinyon, dried Nut and Seed Products 234.00 mg 56% USDA_SR
295 Nuts, pine nuts, pinyon, dried Nuts and Seeds 234.00 mg 56% CNF
296 Beverages, Whey protein powder isolate Beverages 233.00 mg 55% USDA_SR
297 Beverage, whey protein isolate, powder Beverages 233.00 mg 55% CNF
298 Flour, amaranth Cereal Grains and Pasta 232.70 mg 55% USDA_FF
299 Buckwheat Cereal Grains and Pasta 231.00 mg 55% USDA_SR
300 Grains, buckwheat Cereals, Grains and Pasta 231.00 mg 55% CNF

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