Vegetarian foods high in Phosphorus (USDA Foundation)

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 101–150 of 338 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
101 Flour, rye Cereal Grains and Pasta 280.30 mg 22%
102 Flour, sorghum Cereal Grains and Pasta 261.90 mg 21%
103 Millet, whole grain Cereal Grains and Pasta 257.90 mg 21%
104 Nuts, pecans, halves, raw Nut and Seed Products 252.70 mg 20%
105 Sorghum flour, white, pearled, unenriched, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 245.80 mg 20%
106 Sorghum grain, white, pearled, unenriched, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 243.40 mg 19%
107 Corn flour, masa harina, white or yellow, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 241.10 mg 19%
108 Flour, barley Cereal Grains and Pasta 234.40 mg 19%
109 Bread, whole-wheat, commercially prepared Baked Products 212.00 mg 17%
110 Nuts, macadamia nuts, raw Nut and Seed Products 208.40 mg 17%
111 Flour, potato Vegetables and Vegetable Products 197.30 mg 16%
112 Egg, whole, raw, frozen, pasteurized Dairy and Egg Products 189.00 mg 15%
113 Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole Dairy and Egg Products 184.00 mg 15%
114 Hummus, commercial Legumes and Legume Products 166.00 mg 13%
115 Flour, semolina, fine Cereal Grains and Pasta 163.10 mg 13%
116 Cheese, ricotta, whole milk Dairy and Egg Products 162.00 mg 13%
117 Cheese, ricotta, whole milk Dairy and Egg Products 162.00 mg 13%
118 Cottage cheese, full fat, large or small curd Dairy and Egg Products 154.00 mg 12%
119 Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 2% milkfat Dairy and Egg Products 148.00 mg 12%
120 Restaurant, Latino, pupusas con frijoles (pupusas, bean) Restaurant Foods 144.00 mg 12%
121 Yogurt, Greek, plain, nonfat Dairy and Egg Products 136.00 mg 11%
122 Flour, chestnut Nut and Seed Products 134.20 mg 11%
123 Flour, wheat, all-purpose, unenriched, unbleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 134.00 mg 11%
124 Flour, semolina, coarse and semi-coarse Cereal Grains and Pasta 129.80 mg 10%
125 Yogurt, plain, nonfat Dairy and Egg Products 127.00 mg 10%
126 Yogurt, Greek, plain, whole milk Dairy and Egg Products 125.90 mg 10%
127 Flour, bread, white, enriched, unbleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 124.00 mg 10%
128 Mushroom, pioppini Vegetables and Vegetable Products 120.60 mg 10%
129 Flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, unbleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 115.00 mg 9%
130 Yogurt, Greek, strawberry, nonfat Dairy and Egg Products 113.00 mg 9%
131 Bread, white, commercially prepared Baked Products 113.00 mg 9%
132 Cookies, oatmeal, soft, with raisins Baked Products 111.00 mg 9%
133 Rice, white, long grain, unenriched, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 108.20 mg 9%
134 Flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, bleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 108.00 mg 9%
135 Mustard, prepared, yellow Spices and Herbs 108.00 mg 9%
136 Cream cheese, full fat, block Dairy and Egg Products 107.70 mg 9%
137 Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A and vitamin D (fat free or skim) Dairy and Egg Products 107.00 mg 9%
138 Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A and vitamin D (fat free or skim) Dairy and Egg Products 107.00 mg 9%
139 Egg, white, dried Dairy and Egg Products 107.00 mg 9%
140 Flour, 00 Cereal Grains and Pasta 106.20 mg 8%
141 Beans, kidney, dark red, canned, sodium added, sugar added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 104.10 mg 8%
142 Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 103.00 mg 8%
143 Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 103.00 mg 8%
144 Milk, lowfat, fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 103.00 mg 8%
145 Milk, lowfat, fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 103.00 mg 8%
146 Flour, pastry, unenriched, unbleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 102.00 mg 8%
147 Cream, sour, full fat Dairy and Egg Products 102.00 mg 8%
148 Yogurt, plain, whole milk Dairy and Egg Products 101.20 mg 8%
149 Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 101.00 mg 8%
150 Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 101.00 mg 8%

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