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 5,420 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leavening agent, baking powder, double acting, phosphate | Baked Products | 9918.00 mg | 793% |
| 2 | Leavening agent, baking powder, low sodium | Baked Products | 6869.00 mg | 550% |
| 3 | Dessert, pudding, all flavours except chocolate, dry mix, instant, low calorie, unprepared | Sweets | 2368.00 mg | 189% |
| 4 | Leavening agent, baking powder, double acting, sodium, aluminium sulfate | Baked Products | 2191.00 mg | 175% |
| 5 | Seeds, cottonseed meal, partially defatted | Nuts and Seeds | 1684.00 mg | 135% |
| 6 | Grains, rice bran, crude | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 1677.00 mg | 134% |
| 7 | Dessert, pudding, chocolate, dry mix, instant, low calorie, unprepared | Sweets | 1660.00 mg | 133% |
| 8 | Hot chocolate, low calorie, with aspartame, mix, powder, with added calcium and phosphorus, without added sodium or vitamin A | Beverages | 1630.00 mg | 130% |
| 9 | Babyfood, cereal, soya, with fruit, dry | Babyfoods | 1625.00 mg | 130% |
| 10 | Seeds, cottonseed flour, partially defatted | Nuts and Seeds | 1597.00 mg | 128% |
| 11 | Seeds, cottonseed flour, low fat | Nuts and Seeds | 1587.00 mg | 127% |
| 12 | Lemonade with artificial sweetener, powder | Beverages | 1554.00 mg | 124% |
| 13 | Babyfood, cereal, oat, dry | Babyfoods | 1474.00 mg | 118% |
| 14 | Beverages, high protein powder | Beverages | 1429.00 mg | 114% |
| 15 | Fish, smelt, dried | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 1400.00 mg | 112% |
| 16 | Babyfood, cereal, mixed grain, dry | Babyfoods | 1379.00 mg | 110% |
| 17 | Seeds, hemp seeds, hulled | Nuts and Seeds | 1366.00 mg | 109% |
| 18 | Whey, acid, dry | Dairy and Egg Products | 1349.00 mg | 108% |
| 19 | Beverage, protein powder, whey based, powder | Beverages | 1321.00 mg | 106% |
| 20 | Dessert, gelatin, dry mix, calorie-reduced, with aspartame, unprepared | Sweets | 1293.00 mg | 103% |
| 21 | Plant-based beverage, protein powder, soy based, powder | Beverages | 1272.00 mg | 102% |
| 22 | Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, dried | Nuts and Seeds | 1233.00 mg | 99% |
| 23 | Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted, salted | Nuts and Seeds | 1174.00 mg | 94% |
| 24 | Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted | Nuts and Seeds | 1174.00 mg | 94% |
| 25 | Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted | Nuts and Seeds | 1158.00 mg | 93% |
| 26 | Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, salted | Nuts and Seeds | 1158.00 mg | 93% |
| 27 | Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted | Nuts and Seeds | 1155.00 mg | 92% |
| 28 | Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, salted | Nuts and Seeds | 1155.00 mg | 92% |
| 29 | Grains, wheat germ, toasted, plain | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 1146.00 mg | 92% |
| 30 | Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted, salted | Nuts and Seeds | 1139.00 mg | 91% |
| 31 | Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted | Nuts and Seeds | 1139.00 mg | 91% |
| 32 | Babyfood, cereal, oat, with milk powder, dry | Babyfoods | 1074.00 mg | 86% |
| 33 | Babyfood, cereal, barley, with milk powder, dry | Babyfoods | 1050.00 mg | 84% |
| 34 | Egg, chicken, yolk, dried | Dairy and Egg Products | 1040.00 mg | 83% |
| 35 | Grains, wheat bran, crude | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 1013.00 mg | 81% |
| 36 | Milk, dry, skim, powder, instant | Dairy and Egg Products | 985.00 mg | 79% |
| 37 | Cheese, processed product, cheddar, loaf | Dairy and Egg Products | 982.00 mg | 79% |
| 38 | Fish, steelhead trout, meat, dried | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 976.00 mg | 78% |
| 39 | Milk, dry, skim, powder, regular | Dairy and Egg Products | 968.00 mg | 77% |
| 40 | Cheese, processed product, cheddar, reduced fat, spread | Dairy and Egg Products | 961.00 mg | 77% |
| 41 | Babyfood, cereal, mixed grain, with fruit, dry | Babyfoods | 950.00 mg | 76% |
| 42 | Fish, cod (scrod), atlantic, dried and salted | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 950.00 mg | 76% |
| 43 | Cheese, processed product, cheddar, spread | Dairy and Egg Products | 937.00 mg | 75% |
| 44 | Milk, dry, buttermilk, sweet cream | Dairy and Egg Products | 933.00 mg | 75% |
| 45 | Whey, sweet, dry | Dairy and Egg Products | 932.00 mg | 75% |
| 46 | Nuts, almond meal, partially defatted | Nuts and Seeds | 914.00 mg | 73% |
| 47 | Nuts, almond meal, partially defatted, salted | Nuts and Seeds | 914.00 mg | 73% |
| 48 | Pancake, buckwheat, dry mix, incomplete, unprepared | Baked Products | 913.00 mg | 73% |
| 49 | Hot chocolate, with aspartame, mix, powder | Beverages | 893.00 mg | 71% |
| 50 | Spices, poppy seed | Spices and Herbs | 870.00 mg | 70% |
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