Vegetarian foods high in Phosphorus

Phosphorus labelling differs between regulators. The FDA requires it on every nutrition label; Canada does not mandate it at all. Yet the mineral handles a job both countries recognise: partnering with calcium to mineralise bones and teeth, and shuttling energy within each cell.

Animal foods (meat, fish, dairy, eggs) hold far more phosphorus than plants do, so this ranking skews toward them. The table shows raw numbers, but your body absorbs phosphorus from animal sources more readily than from grains or legumes, where phytic acid can bind it.

FDA daily value: 1250 mg

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Showing 1–50 of 8,060 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
1 Leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, straight phosphate Baked Products 9918.00 mg 793% USDA_SR
2 Leavening agent, baking powder, double acting, phosphate Baked Products 9918.00 mg 793% CNF
3 Leavening agents, baking powder, low-sodium Baked Products 6869.00 mg 550% USDA_SR
4 Leavening agent, baking powder, low sodium Baked Products 6869.00 mg 550% CNF
5 Puddings, all flavors except chocolate, low calorie, instant, dry mix Sweets 2368.00 mg 189% USDA_SR
6 Dessert, pudding, all flavours except chocolate, dry mix, instant, low calorie, unprepared Sweets 2368.00 mg 189% CNF
7 Leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate Baked Products 2191.00 mg 175% USDA_SR
8 Leavening agent, baking powder, double acting, sodium, aluminium sulfate Baked Products 2191.00 mg 175% CNF
9 Seeds, cottonseed meal, partially defatted (glandless) Nut and Seed Products 1684.00 mg 135% USDA_SR
10 Seeds, cottonseed meal, partially defatted Nuts and Seeds 1684.00 mg 135% CNF
11 Rice bran, crude Cereal Grains and Pasta 1677.00 mg 134% USDA_SR
12 Grains, rice bran, crude Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1677.00 mg 134% CNF
13 Puddings, chocolate flavor, low calorie, instant, dry mix Sweets 1660.00 mg 133% USDA_SR
14 Dessert, pudding, chocolate, dry mix, instant, low calorie, unprepared Sweets 1660.00 mg 133% CNF
15 Seeds, hemp seed, hulled Nut and Seed Products 1650.00 mg 132% USDA_SR
16 Beverages, Cocoa mix, low calorie, powder, with added calcium, phosphorus, aspartame, without added sodium or vitamin A Beverages 1630.00 mg 130% USDA_SR
17 Hot chocolate, low calorie, with aspartame, mix, powder, with added calcium and phosphorus, without added sodium or vitamin A Beverages 1630.00 mg 130% CNF
18 Babyfood, cereal, soya, with fruit, dry Babyfoods 1625.00 mg 130% CNF
19 Seeds, cottonseed flour, partially defatted (glandless) Nut and Seed Products 1597.00 mg 128% USDA_SR
20 Seeds, cottonseed flour, partially defatted Nuts and Seeds 1597.00 mg 128% CNF
21 Seeds, cottonseed flour, low fat (glandless) Nut and Seed Products 1587.00 mg 127% USDA_SR
22 Seeds, cottonseed flour, low fat Nuts and Seeds 1587.00 mg 127% CNF
23 Lemonade with artificial sweetener, powder Beverages 1554.00 mg 124% CNF
24 Babyfood, cereal, oat, dry Babyfoods 1474.00 mg 118% CNF
25 Beverages, nutritional shake mix, high protein, powder Beverages 1429.00 mg 114% USDA_SR
26 Beverages, high protein powder Beverages 1429.00 mg 114% CNF
27 Smelt, dried (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 1400.00 mg 112% USDA_SR
28 Babyfood, cereal, mixed grain, dry Babyfoods 1379.00 mg 110% CNF
29 Seeds, hemp seeds, hulled Nuts and Seeds 1366.00 mg 109% CNF
30 Whey, acid, dried Dairy and Egg Products 1349.00 mg 108% USDA_SR
31 Whey, acid, dry Dairy and Egg Products 1349.00 mg 108% CNF
32 Beverages, Protein powder whey based Beverages 1321.00 mg 106% USDA_SR
33 Beverage, protein powder, whey based, powder Beverages 1321.00 mg 106% CNF
34 Cereals ready-to-eat, SUN COUNTRY, KRETSCHMER Toasted Wheat Bran Breakfast Cereals 1314.00 mg 105% USDA_SR
35 Beverages, Protein powder soy based Beverages 1272.00 mg 102% USDA_SR
36 Plant-based beverage, protein powder, soy based, powder Beverages 1272.00 mg 102% CNF
37 Beverages, fruit-flavored drink, dry powdered mix, low calorie, with aspartame Beverages 1239.00 mg 99% USDA_SR
38 Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, dried Nut and Seed Products 1233.00 mg 99% USDA_SR
39 Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, dried Nuts and Seeds 1233.00 mg 99% CNF
40 Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted, without salt Nut and Seed Products 1174.00 mg 94% USDA_SR
41 Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 1174.00 mg 94% USDA_SR
42 Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted, salted Nuts and Seeds 1174.00 mg 94% CNF
43 Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted Nuts and Seeds 1174.00 mg 94% CNF
44 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, without salt Nut and Seed Products 1158.00 mg 93% USDA_SR
45 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 1158.00 mg 93% USDA_SR
46 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, salted Nuts and Seeds 1158.00 mg 93% CNF
47 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted Nuts and Seeds 1158.00 mg 93% CNF
48 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, without salt Nut and Seed Products 1155.00 mg 92% USDA_SR
49 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 1155.00 mg 92% USDA_SR
50 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels from shell, dry roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 1155.00 mg 92% USDA_SR

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