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

Selling a product with phosphorus? Generate a print-ready nutrition label from your recipe.

Showing 151–200 of 8,060 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
151 Egg, whole, dried Dairy and Egg Products 770.00 mg 62% USDA_FF
152 Cheese product, pasteurized process, American, vitamin D fortified Dairy and Egg Products 768.00 mg 61% USDA_SR
153 Cheese, pasteurized process, swiss Dairy and Egg Products 762.00 mg 61% USDA_SR
154 Peanut flour, defatted Legumes and Legume Products 760.00 mg 61% USDA_SR
155 Cheese, romano Dairy and Egg Products 760.00 mg 61% USDA_SR
156 Peanut flour, defatted, salted Legumes and Legume Products 760.00 mg 61% CNF
157 Cheese, romano Dairy and Egg Products 760.00 mg 61% CNF
158 Cocoa, dry powder, hi-fat or breakfast, processed with alkali Sweets 758.00 mg 61% USDA_SR
159 Hot chocolate, cocoa, high fat or breakfast, processed with alkali, mix, powder Sweets 758.00 mg 61% CNF
160 Hot chocolate, cocoa, high fat or breakfast, plain, mix, powder Sweets 758.00 mg 61% CNF
161 Seeds, sesame flour, low-fat Nut and Seed Products 757.00 mg 61% USDA_SR
162 Cheese, processed product, cheddar, fat free, slices Dairy and Egg Products 757.00 mg 61% CNF
163 Seeds, sesame flour, low fat Nuts and Seeds 757.00 mg 61% CNF
164 Seeds, watermelon seed kernels, dried Nut and Seed Products 755.00 mg 60% USDA_SR
165 Seeds, watermelon seed kernels, dried Nuts and Seeds 755.00 mg 60% CNF
166 Puddings, lemon, dry mix, instant Sweets 752.00 mg 60% USDA_SR
167 Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from raw and stone ground kernels Nut and Seed Products 752.00 mg 60% USDA_SR
168 Dessert, pudding, lemon, dry mix, instant, unprepared Sweets 752.00 mg 60% CNF
169 Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from raw and stone ground kernels Nuts and Seeds 752.00 mg 60% CNF
170 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 750.00 mg 60% USDA_FF
171 Cheese, pasteurized process, cheddar or American, low sodium Dairy and Egg Products 745.00 mg 60% USDA_SR
172 Cheese, processed product, cheddar, slices, low sodium Dairy and Egg Products 745.00 mg 60% CNF
173 Cheese, pasteurized process, pimento Dairy and Egg Products 744.00 mg 60% USDA_SR
174 Cheese, parmesan, shredded Dairy and Egg Products 735.00 mg 59% USDA_SR
175 Cheese, parmesan, shredded Dairy and Egg Products 735.00 mg 59% CNF
176 Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened Sweets 734.00 mg 59% USDA_SR
177 Oat bran, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 734.00 mg 59% USDA_SR
178 Grains, oat bran, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 734.00 mg 59% CNF
179 Sweets, cocoa, powder, unsweetened Sweets 734.00 mg 59% CNF
180 Babyfood, cereal, oatmeal, with honey, dry Baby Foods 733.00 mg 59% USDA_SR
181 Cereal, ready to eat, All Bran Buds, Kellogg's Breakfast cereals 733.00 mg 59% CNF
182 Seeds, sunflower seed, kernel, raw Nut and Seed Products 732.00 mg 59% USDA_FF
183 Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from roasted and toasted kernels (most common type) Nut and Seed Products 732.00 mg 59% USDA_SR
184 Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, roasted and toasted kernels Nuts and Seeds 732.00 mg 59% CNF
185 Cheese, parmesan, dry grated, reduced fat Dairy and Egg Products 729.00 mg 58% USDA_SR
186 Cheese, goat, hard type Dairy and Egg Products 729.00 mg 58% USDA_SR
187 Cheese, mexican, queso cotija Dairy and Egg Products 729.00 mg 58% USDA_SR
188 Cheese, parmesan, dry grated, reduced fat Dairy and Egg Products 729.00 mg 58% CNF
189 Cheese, goat, hard, (less than 35% water, 36% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 729.00 mg 58% CNF
190 Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened, processed with alkali Sweets 728.00 mg 58% USDA_SR
191 Sweets, cocoa, powder, unsweetened, dutch process Sweets 728.00 mg 58% CNF
192 Flour, soy, defatted Legumes and Legume Products 726.00 mg 58% USDA_FF
193 Nuts, brazilnuts, dried, unblanched Nut and Seed Products 725.00 mg 58% USDA_SR
194 Nuts, brazilnuts, dried, unblanched Nuts and Seeds 725.00 mg 58% CNF
195 Puddings, coconut cream, dry mix, instant Sweets 721.00 mg 58% USDA_SR
196 Dessert, pudding, coconut, dry mix, instant, unprepared Sweets 721.00 mg 58% CNF
197 Sesame butter, creamy Nut and Seed Products 719.30 mg 58% USDA_FF
198 Egg, whole, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced Dairy and Egg Products 715.00 mg 57% USDA_SR
199 Egg, chicken, dried, whole, stabilized Dairy and Egg Products 715.00 mg 57% CNF
200 Cheese, american cheddar, imitation Dairy and Egg Products 712.00 mg 57% USDA_SR

Need this on a label? Turn these foods into a print-ready Nutrition Facts label.

Make a label

Turn these foods into a print-ready nutrition label.

Build a recipe from any of these ingredients and export a print-ready FDA or Canada Nutrition Facts label. Free.

Style