Foods high in Ash

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Ash content per 100 g, drawn live from 423 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Ash

Ranked by Ash per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Salt, table, iodized	Foundation Food	99
2	Anchovies, canned in olive oil, with salt, drained	Foundation Food	16.4
3	Cheese, pasteurized process cheese food or product, American, singles	Foundation Food	7.6
4	Cheese, parmesan, grated	Foundation Food	7.15
5	Cheese, dry white, queso seco	Foundation Food	6.93
6	Cheese, pasteurized process, American, vitamin D fortified	Foundation Food	6.59
7	Flour, soy, defatted	Foundation Food	6.45
8	Pork, cured, bacon, cooked, restaurant	Foundation Food	6.33
9	Cheese, cotija, solid	Foundation Food	6.2
10	Egg, whole, dried	Foundation Food	6.2
11	Cheese, American, restaurant	Foundation Food	5.57
12	Egg, yolk, dried	Foundation Food	5.54
13	Egg, white, dried	Foundation Food	5.47
14	Cheese, parmesan, grated, refrigerated	Foundation Food	5.2
15	Pepperoni, beef and pork, sliced	Foundation Food	5.19
16	Salami, hard, sliced	Foundation Food	5.05
17	Flour, coconut	Foundation Food	4.99
18	Flour, soy, full-fat	Foundation Food	4.92
19	Seeds, pumpkin seeds (pepitas), raw	Foundation Food	4.77
20	Chia seeds, dry, raw	Foundation Food	4.37
21	Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, with salt added	Foundation Food	4.3
22	Olives, green, Manzanilla, stuffed with pimiento	Foundation Food	4.29
23	Beans, cannellini, dry	Foundation Food	4.14
24	Cheese, mozzarella, low moisture, part-skim	Foundation Food	3.79
25	Cheese, feta, whole milk, crumbled	Foundation Food	3.74

Lowest in Ash

For contrast — the 10 lowest non-zero values on record, per 100g.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
414	Oil, coconut	Foundation Food	0.03
415	Sugars, granulated	Foundation Food	0.07
416	Apples, honeycrisp, with skin, raw	Foundation Food	0.086
417	Cranberry juice, not fortified, from concentrate, shelf stable	Foundation Food	0.099
418	Grape juice, purple, with added vitamin C, from concentrate, shelf stable	Foundation Food	0.122
419	Apple juice, with added vitamin C, from concentrate, shelf stable	Foundation Food	0.124
420	Grape juice, white, with added vitamin C, from concentrate, shelf stable	Foundation Food	0.138
421	Cranberries, dried, sweetened	Foundation Food	0.1429
422	Apples, red delicious, with skin, raw	Foundation Food	0.148
423	Applesauce, unsweetened, with added vitamin C	Foundation Food	0.202

More on Ash

What Ash is, how it is measured, and where these values come from.

Ash nutrient reference →

Sourced from USDA FoodData Central — Foundation Foods; not yet through an editorial verification pass.

USDA release 2026-04-30. All values are per 100 g unless stated otherwise.