POTASSIUM – found mainly in fresh fruits and vegetables.
• Limit yourself to 1 high potassium fruit or vegetable per day.
• Monitor your serum potassium level (normal is 3.5-5.5 mEq/l).
• Use the following list to keep your daily potassium intake between 2000-3000 mg.
LOW POTASSIUM FOODS
Beverages MgK
Apple juice (1/2 c) 125
Alcohol: gin, vodka ,
Whiskey (3 oz) 3
Beer (12 oz) 90
Coffee (1 c) 85
Cranberry juice (1/2 c) 15
Gatorade (1c) 20
Grape juice (1/2 c) 145
Hi-C & Koolaid (1 c) 5
Lemonaid (1 c) 15
Orange Tang (1 c) 50
Soda pop (12 oz) 50
Tea (1 c) 25
Wine (4 oz) 110
Breads & Cereals
Crackers, graham-2
soda-10, snack-15 50
Pasta (1/2 c) 50
Rice (1 c) 60
Sweet roll/doughnut (1) 40
White bread (1 slice) 30
Whole grain bread
(1 slice) 70
Cereals (1 c) 40-140
Dairy Products
Cheese (1 oz) 25
Cottage cheese (1/2 c) 85
Cream – sour
whipping (1 T) 15
Half-n-half (1 T) 40
Sherbet (1 c) 40
Fruits
Applesauce (1/2 c) 95
Blackberries, boysenberries,
Raspberries (1/2 c) 120
Blueberries (1c) 120
Cherries (1/2 c) 135
Grapes (1/2 c) 140
Grapefruit (1/2) 135
Lemon, lime (1) 85
Pears, canned (1/2 c) 110
Pineapple (1/2) 115
Rhubard, ckd (1/2) 115
Tangerine (1) 125
Watermelon (1/2 c) 100
Meat, Fish and Poultry
All meat, fish &
Poultry (1 oz) 110
Egg (1) 65
Vegetables
Cooked unless otherwise noted
Asparagus (5 spears) 140
Beans: green, wax
(1/2 c) 100
Bean sprouts,
raw (1/2 c) 115
Cabbage (1/2 c) 125
Corn (1/2 c) 130
Cucumber, raw (1/2 c) 110
Lettuce, raw (1/2 c) 130
Vegetables
cooked unless otherwise noted
Onion (1/2 c) 115
Peas, green (1/2 c) 110
Radishes, raw (10) 145
Soakes potatoes (1/2 c) 80
Summer squash (1/2 c) 125
Water chestnuts (4) 125
Snacks & Condiments
Candy, hard (6) 1
Candy, chocolate (1 oz) 110
Corn chips (1 oz) 25
Popcorn, popped (3 c) 85
Cake, iced (1 cupcake) 60
Cookies, assorted
(4 small) 125
Coconut (1/4 c) 50
Jam & jelly (1 T) 15
MEDIUM POTASSIUM FOODS
Beverages MgK
Apricot nectar (1/2 c) 150
Grapefruit juice (1/2 c) 200
Orange juice (1/2 c) 250
Pineapple juice (1/2 c) 185
Breads & Cereals
Raisin Bran (1 c) 240
Dairy Products
Ice cream (1 c) 230
Pudding (1/2 c) 170
Custard (1/2 c) 175
Fruits
Apple (1) 165
Fruit cocktail (1/2 c) 205
Mango (1/2 c) 155
Melons (1/2 c) 215
Peaches, canned
(1/2 c) 170
Pear (1) 190
Plums (3) 180
Prunes (1/4 c) 235
Vegetables
Cooked unless otherwise noted
Broccoli (1/2 c) 210
Brussel sprouts (1/2 c) 230
Beets (1/2 c) 180
Carrots (1/2 c) 170
Cauliflower (1/2 c) 160
Celery (1 stalk) 155
Egg plant (1/2 c) 150
Green pepper, raw (1) 250
Lentils (1/2 c) 170
Mixed vegetables
(1/2) 190
Mushrooms, raw
(1/2 c) 170
Okra (8 pods) 250
Rutabagas (1/2 c) 240
Snack Foods & Condiments
Molasses (1 T) 215
Peanut butter (2 T) 200
HIGH POTASSIUM FOODS
Beverages MgK
Cocoa (1 c) 365
Milk (1 c) 350
Prune juice (1/2 c) 300
Tomato or vegetable
Juice (1/2 c) 270
Breads & Cereals
All Bran (1/2 c) 260
Dairy Products
Buttermilk (1 c) 345
Milk (1 c) 350
Yogurt (1 c) 400
Fruits
Apricots (3) 300
Avocados (1/4) 340
Banana, large (1/2) 250
Figs, dried (1/3 c) 320
Kiwi fruit (1) 340
Nectarine (1) 400
Orange (1) 265
Papaya (1/2 c) 355
Peach (1) 300
Raisins (1/2 c) 275
Vegetables
Cooked unless otherwise noted
Artichoke (1) 360
Avocado, raw (1/4) 340
Beans: kidney, lima,
navy, pinto (1/2 c) 350
Greens: beet, collard,
Turnip (3/4 c) 280
Nuts (1/4 c) 335
Parsnips (1/2 c) 295
Potatoes (1/2 c) 325
Pumpkin (1/2 c) 295
Spinach (1/2 c) 295
Split peas, black-
Eyed peas (1/2 c) 310
Tomato, raw (1) 350
Winter squash (1/2 c) 470
Yams (1/2 c) 300
Snack Foods & Condiments
Potato chips (1 oz) 290
Salt substitute (1 t) 2300
(made from potassium
chloride)
c = cup/T = tablespoon/T = teaspoon
oz = ounce/mg = milligrams/K = potassium
