Vegetarian foods high in Sodium (USDA Foundation)

People often blame salt for sodium problems, but sodium itself regulates fluid balance and nerve signalling. Your body needs it; the trouble starts when intake climbs too high, which narrows blood vessels and raises pressure. This ranking shows where sodium sits in unprocessed foods, not processed ones: the real source of excess in most diets.

Sodium concentrates in cured meats, cheese, and anything preserved with salt. The table ranks foods by their density per 100 g, so a small serving of a high-sodium food can still deliver a large amount. Remember that most people encounter sodium in products, not in the ingredients themselves.

FDA daily value: 2300 mg

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Showing 201–234 of 234 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV
201	Onions, red, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	1.00 mg	0%
202	Onions, yellow, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	1.00 mg	0%
203	Flour, rice, brown	Cereal Grains and Pasta	1.00 mg	0%
204	Flour, pastry, unenriched, unbleached	Cereal Grains and Pasta	1.00 mg	0%
205	Apples, fuji, with skin, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	1.00 mg	0%
206	Almond butter, creamy	Nut and Seed Products	1.00 mg	0%
207	Mushrooms, shiitake	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	0.94 mg	0%
208	Mushrooms, shiitake	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	0.94 mg	0%
209	Flour, almond	Nut and Seed Products	0.89 mg	0%
210	Mushroom, beech	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	0.89 mg	0%
211	Farro, pearled, dry, raw	Cereal Grains and Pasta	0.84 mg	0%
212	Mushroom, king oyster	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	0.77 mg	0%
213	Oats, whole grain, rolled, old fashioned	Cereal Grains and Pasta	0.67 mg	0%
214	Applesauce, unsweetened, with added vitamin C	Fruits and Fruit Juices	0.50 mg	0%
215	Applesauce, unsweetened, with added vitamin C	Fruits and Fruit Juices	0.50 mg	0%
216	Parsnips, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	0.49 mg	0%
217	Rice, white, long grain, unenriched, raw	Cereal Grains and Pasta	0.46 mg	0%
218	Eggplant, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	0.44 mg	0%
219	Rice, red, unenriched, dry, raw	Cereal Grains and Pasta	0.44 mg	0%
220	Flour, semolina, fine	Cereal Grains and Pasta	0.43 mg	0%
221	Mushroom, enoki	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	0.42 mg	0%
222	Pear, Anjou, green, with skin, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	0.40 mg	0%
223	Pawpaw, peeled, seeded, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	0.35 mg	0%
224	Mushroom, maitake	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	0.34 mg	0%
225	Mushroom, lion's mane	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	0.34 mg	0%
226	Mushroom, lion's mane	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	0.34 mg	0%
227	Sorghum, whole grain, white, dry, raw	Cereal Grains and Pasta	0.33 mg	0%
228	Squash, pie pumpkin, peeled, seeded, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	0.31 mg	0%
229	Squash, spaghetti, peeled, seeded, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	0.31 mg	0%
230	Oats, whole grain, steel cut	Cereal Grains and Pasta	0.31 mg	0%
231	Tomatillos, dehusked, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	0.31 mg	0%
232	Apples, gala, with skin, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	0.28 mg	0%
233	Apples, honeycrisp, with skin, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	0.14 mg	0%
234	Orange juice, no pulp, not fortified, not from concentrate, refrigerated	Fruits and Fruit Juices	0.07 mg	0%

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