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 417 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV
101	Fish, pollock, raw	Finfish and Shellfish Products	284.00 mg	23%
102	Flour, buckwheat	Cereal Grains and Pasta	281.90 mg	23%
103	Flour, rye	Cereal Grains and Pasta	280.30 mg	22%
104	Cod, Pacific or Alaskan, frozen, wild caught	Finfish and Shellfish Products	278.80 mg	22%
105	Crustaceans, crab, blue swimming, lump, pasteurized, refrigerated	Finfish and Shellfish Products	278.50 mg	22%
106	Tuna, ahi or yellowfin, frozen, wild caught	Finfish and Shellfish Products	270.80 mg	22%
107	Flour, sorghum	Cereal Grains and Pasta	261.90 mg	21%
108	Ham, sliced, pre-packaged, deli meat (96%fat free, water added)	Sausages and Luncheon Meats	261.00 mg	21%
109	Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, pan-broiled crumbles	Poultry Products	259.00 mg	21%
110	Beef, loin, tenderloin roast, separable lean only, boneless, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, roasted	Beef Products	259.00 mg	21%
111	Beef, loin, tenderloin roast, separable lean only, boneless, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, roasted	Beef Products	259.00 mg	21%
112	Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, pan-broiled crumbles	Poultry Products	259.00 mg	21%
113	Millet, whole grain	Cereal Grains and Pasta	257.90 mg	21%
114	Nuts, pecans, halves, raw	Nut and Seed Products	252.70 mg	20%
115	Ham, sliced, restaurant	Pork Products	246.00 mg	20%
116	Sorghum flour, white, pearled, unenriched, dry, raw	Cereal Grains and Pasta	245.80 mg	20%
117	Sorghum grain, white, pearled, unenriched, dry, raw	Cereal Grains and Pasta	243.40 mg	19%
118	Corn flour, masa harina, white or yellow, dry, raw	Cereal Grains and Pasta	241.10 mg	19%
119	Chicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, cooked, braised	Poultry Products	241.00 mg	19%
120	Swordfish, frozen, wild caught	Finfish and Shellfish Products	234.90 mg	19%
121	Flour, barley	Cereal Grains and Pasta	234.40 mg	19%
122	Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farm raised, raw	Finfish and Shellfish Products	230.30 mg	18%
123	Scallops, bay, Patagonian, frozen, wild caught	Finfish and Shellfish Products	229.10 mg	18%
124	Fish, haddock, raw	Finfish and Shellfish Products	227.00 mg	18%
125	Fish, salmon, sockeye, wild caught, raw	Finfish and Shellfish Products	226.30 mg	18%
126	Anchovies, canned in olive oil, with salt, drained	Finfish and Shellfish Products	225.70 mg	18%
127	Fish, cod, Atlantic, wild caught, raw	Finfish and Shellfish Products	224.10 mg	18%
128	Mahi mahi, frozen, wild caught	Finfish and Shellfish Products	223.80 mg	18%
129	Beef, round, eye of round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw	Beef Products	222.00 mg	18%
130	Beef, round, eye of round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw	Beef Products	222.00 mg	18%
131	Beef, round, top round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw	Beef Products	220.00 mg	18%
132	Beef, round, top round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw	Beef Products	220.00 mg	18%
133	Pork, loin, tenderloin, boneless, raw	Pork Products	217.40 mg	17%
134	Halibut, frozen, wild caught	Finfish and Shellfish Products	216.80 mg	17%
135	Chicken, breast, boneless, skinless, raw	Poultry Products	214.90 mg	17%
136	Scallops, sea, frozen, wild caught	Finfish and Shellfish Products	214.00 mg	17%
137	Bread, whole-wheat, commercially prepared	Baked Products	212.00 mg	17%
138	Beef, short loin, t-bone steak, bone-in, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, cooked, grilled	Beef Products	211.00 mg	17%
139	Beef, short loin, t-bone steak, bone-in, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, cooked, grilled	Beef Products	211.00 mg	17%
140	Nuts, macadamia nuts, raw	Nut and Seed Products	208.40 mg	17%
141	Sausage, pork, chorizo, link or ground, cooked, pan-fried	Sausages and Luncheon Meats	207.00 mg	17%
142	Sausage, pork, chorizo, link or ground, cooked, pan-fried	Sausages and Luncheon Meats	207.00 mg	17%
143	Beef, loin, top loin steak, boneless, lip-on, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw	Beef Products	206.00 mg	16%
144	Beef, loin, top loin steak, boneless, lip-on, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw	Beef Products	206.00 mg	16%
145	Chicken, breast, meat and skin, raw	Poultry Products	203.60 mg	16%
146	Pork, chop, center cut, raw	Pork Products	202.30 mg	16%
147	Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, raw	Beef Products	200.00 mg	16%
148	Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, raw	Beef Products	200.00 mg	16%
149	Snapper, frozen, wild caught	Finfish and Shellfish Products	199.00 mg	16%
150	Flour, potato	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	197.30 mg	16%

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