Foods high in Water

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Water content per 100 g, drawn live from 2,278 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Water

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Water, bottled, generic	FNDDS ingredient	99.98
2	Beverages, tea, green, brewed, regular	FNDDS ingredient	99.93
3	Beverages, tea, green, brewed, decaffeinated	FNDDS ingredient	99.93
4	Beverages, water, tap, drinking	FNDDS ingredient	99.9
5	Beverages, water, tap, municipal	FNDDS ingredient	99.9
6	Babyfood, water, bottled, GERBER, without added fluoride	FNDDS ingredient	99.9
7	Beverages, carbonated, club soda	FNDDS ingredient	99.9
8	Beverages, tea, green, ready to drink, unsweetened	FNDDS ingredient	99.88
9	Water, non-carbonated, bottles, natural fruit flavors, sweetened with low calorie sweetener	FNDDS ingredient	99.85
10	Beverages, tea, Oolong, brewed	FNDDS ingredient	99.84
11	Beverages, carbonated, low calorie, other than cola or pepper, with aspartame, contains caffeine	FNDDS ingredient	99.8
12	Beverages, carbonated, low calorie, other than cola or pepper, without caffeine	FNDDS ingredient	99.8
13	Beverages, carbonated, low calorie, cola or pepper-type, with aspartame, without caffeine	FNDDS ingredient	99.74
14	Beverages, tea, black, ready-to-drink, lemon, diet	FNDDS ingredient	99.72
15	Beverages, tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water, decaffeinated	FNDDS ingredient	99.7
16	Beverages, tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water	FNDDS ingredient	99.7
17	Beverages, tea, herb, other than chamomile, brewed	FNDDS ingredient	99.7
18	Beverages, tea, herb, brewed, chamomile	FNDDS ingredient	99.7
19	Beverages, tea, hibiscus, brewed	FNDDS ingredient	99.58
20	Beverages, tea, ready-to-drink, lemon, diet	FNDDS ingredient	99.55
21	Beverages, carbonated, low calorie, cola or pepper-type, with aspartame, contains caffeine	FNDDS ingredient	99.54
22	Beverages, tea, instant, lemon, diet	FNDDS ingredient	99.41
23	Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water	FNDDS ingredient	99.39
24	Beverages, POWERADE, Zero, Mixed Berry	FNDDS ingredient	99.35
25	Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water, decaffeinated	FNDDS ingredient	99.3

Lowest in Water

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
2269	Sugars, granulated	Foundation Food	0.02
2270	Oil, coconut	Foundation Food	0.03
2271	Oil, industrial, coconut, confection fat, typical basis for ice cream coatings	FNDDS ingredient	0.08
2272	Oil, PAM cooking spray, original	FNDDS ingredient	0.11
2273	Rice crackers	FNDDS ingredient	0.11
2274	Oil, flaxseed, cold pressed	FNDDS ingredient	0.12
2275	Beverages, tea, instant, lemon, sweetened, powder	FNDDS ingredient	0.13
2276	Beverages, orange-flavor drink, breakfast type, powder	FNDDS ingredient	0.14
2277	Beverages, coffee, instant, vanilla, sweetened, decaffeinated, with non dairy creamer	FNDDS ingredient	0.16
2278	Leavening agents, baking soda	FNDDS ingredient	0.2

More on Water

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

Water 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.