What are the foods richest in pottasium starting from number 1?
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 at
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A banana has 400 mg… it is easy to eat but not the highest, while 1 cup of lima beans has 1,000mg 1 cup of homemade baked beans 900mg ,1 cup canned baked beans 550mg1 cup kidney beans 610mg,1 cup pinto beans 740mg (eat your chili has lots of beans and tomatoes& ) 1 cup lima beans 610mg1 baked potato eaten with the skin on has 925mg ,1 medium sweet potato eaten with skin on has 508mg 1 cup of tomato juice has 535mg 1 medium fresh tomato has 400mg and 1 head of iceberg lettuce has 580mg( fresh salads are great ) 1 bunch of spinach depending how big and fresh, 529 to 1800mg..1 med stalk of broccoli ,cooked has 520mg 1/2 medium cantaloupe 494mg 1 papaya 781mg ,1 cup prune juice 707mg, 1 small orange 237 mg.1/2 cup orange juice 236mg 1 medium pear208mgEDIT~ 1 tablespoon of mollasses( I researched this word "treacle" and found out it is black molasses )has 498 mg of potassium so probably molasses has the most …soy flour has 380mg in 1/4 cup of flour
Bananas
Potatoes
Spinach
Raisins
Turkey
Nataile K seems to have copied my idea but here goes
in order from highest:
Soya flour 1650mg
Black treacle 1500mg
Apricots ready-to-eat 1380mg
Bran Wheat 1160mg
Tomato Puree
Sultanas 1050mg
Raisins 1020mg
Potato chips (crisps UK) 1000mg
All Bran 1000mg
Wheatgerm 950mg
Figs 900mg
Dried mixed fruit 880mg
Bombay Mix 790mg
Papadums 750mg
Currants 720mg
Sultana Bran 660mg
Seeds average 650mg
Nuts average (unsalted) 600mg
Baked Potato + skin 600mg
Roast Potato 550mg
Oven chips 530mg
Bran Flakes 530mg 1
Gammon lean 520mg
Soya beans boiled 510mg
Plantain boiled 500mg
Raisin Splitz 500mg
Weetos 500mg
Crispbread 500mg
Muesli low salt 450mg
Sardines 430mg
Pilchards 420mg
Veal 420mg
Wholemeal Pasta 400mg
Banana 400mg
Really good website, shows you the calorie count as well - check it out
Soya flour 1650mg
Black treacle 1500mg
Apricots ready-to-eat 1380mg
Bran Wheat 1160mg
Tomato Puree 1150mg
Sultanas 1050mg
Raisins 1020mg
Potato chips (crisps UK) 1000mg
All Bran 1000mg
Wheatgerm 950mg
Figs 900mg
Dried mixed fruit 880mg
Bombay Mix 790mg
Papadums 750mg
Currants 720mg
Sultana Bran 660mg
Seeds average 650mg
Nuts average (unsalted) 600mg
Baked Potato + skin 600mg
Roast Potato 550mg
Oven chips 530mg
Bran Flakes 530mg
Gammon lean 520mg
Soya beans boiled 510mg
Plantain boiled 500mg
Raisin Splitz 500mg
Weetos 500mg
Crispbread 500mg
Muesli low salt 450mg
Sardines 430mg
Pilchards 420mg
Veal 420mg
Wholemeal Pasta 400mg
Banana 400mg
Banana's. I know this because when my oldest son was little he had a heart defect. His doctor said he would have to give him a potassium medication at some point, but while he was little, just make sure he eats one banana everyday.