Foods high in Sodium, Na

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Sodium, Na content per 100 g, drawn live from 2,146 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Sodium, Na

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (MG)
1	Salt, table, iodized	Foundation Food	38,700
2	Leavening agents, baking soda	FNDDS ingredient	27,360
3	Soup, beef broth or bouillon, powder, dry	FNDDS ingredient	26,000
4	Leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate	FNDDS ingredient	10,600
5	Leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, straight phosphate	FNDDS ingredient	7,893
6	Sauce, fish, ready-to-serve	FNDDS ingredient	7,851
7	Fish, cod, Atlantic, dried and salted	FNDDS ingredient	7,027
8	Soy sauce made from soy and wheat (shoyu)	FNDDS ingredient	5,493
9	Anchovies, canned in olive oil, with salt, drained	Foundation Food	5,400
10	Soup, cream of vegetable, dry, powder	FNDDS ingredient	3,857
11	Sauce, teriyaki, ready-to-serve	FNDDS ingredient	3,833
12	Puddings, all flavors except chocolate, low calorie, instant, dry mix	FNDDS ingredient	3,750
13	Miso	FNDDS ingredient	3,728
14	Fish, anchovy, european, canned in oil, drained solids	FNDDS ingredient	3,668
15	Soy sauce made from soy and wheat (shoyu), low sodium	FNDDS ingredient	3,598
16	Wasabi	FNDDS ingredient	3,390
17	Yeast extract spread	FNDDS ingredient	3,380
18	Soup, chicken noodle, dry, mix	FNDDS ingredient	3,161
19	Spices, chili powder	FNDDS ingredient	2,867
20	Puddings, chocolate flavor, low calorie, instant, dry mix	FNDDS ingredient	2,838
21	Beef, cured, dried	FNDDS ingredient	2,790
22	Sauce, oyster, ready-to-serve	FNDDS ingredient	2,733
23	Pork, cured, ham, center slice, country-style, separable lean only, raw	FNDDS ingredient	2,695
24	Pork, cured, salt pork, raw	FNDDS ingredient	2,684
25	Capers, canned	FNDDS ingredient	2,348

Lowest in Sodium, Na

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (MG)
2137	Orange juice, no pulp, not fortified, not from concentrate, refrigerated	Foundation Food	0.075
2138	Apples, honeycrisp, with skin, raw	Foundation Food	0.138
2139	Apples, gala, with skin, raw	Foundation Food	0.279
2140	Tomatillos, dehusked, raw	Foundation Food	0.311
2141	Oats, whole grain, steel cut	Foundation Food	0.311
2142	Squash, pie pumpkin, peeled, seeded, raw	Foundation Food	0.312
2143	Squash, spaghetti, peeled, seeded, raw	Foundation Food	0.312
2144	Sorghum, whole grain, white, dry, raw	Foundation Food	0.329
2145	Mushroom, lion's mane	Foundation Food	0.336
2146	Mushroom, maitake	Foundation Food	0.345

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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.