Foods high in selenium

Brazil nuts tops the list with 1,917 µg per 100 g. The Daily Value for selenium is 55 µg. Ranked from 11,720 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

Per 100 gPer servingPer 100 calories
All foodsBakedBeefBeveragesBreakfast CerealsCereal Grains & PastaDairy & EggFast FoodsFats & OilsFinfish & ShellfishFruits & Fruit JuicesLamb, Veal, & GameLegumes & LegumeMeals, Entrees, & Side DishesNut & SeedPorkPoultryRestaurant FoodsSausages & Luncheon MeatsSnacksSoups, Sauces, & GraviesSweetsVegetables & Vegetable
  1. 1Brazil nutsNuts and seeds1,917 µg3485% DV
  2. 2Brazil nuts, dried, unblanchedNut and Seed Products1,917 µg3485% DV
  3. 3Oil roasted mixed nuts, no peanuts, saltedNut and Seed Products422 µg766% DV
  4. 4Raw Brazil nutsNut and Seed Products280 µg510% DV
  5. 5Dried egg whites, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products192 µg349% DV
  6. 6KidneyLiver and organ meats167 µg303% DV
  7. 7Dried whole eggsDairy and Egg Products165 µg299% DV
  8. 8Pacific oyster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products154 µg280% DV
  9. 9Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products148 µg269% DV
  10. 10Raw mixed nutsNuts and seeds147 µg267% DV
  11. 11Turkey skin, roastedPoultry Products144 µg262% DV
  12. 12Unsalted mixed nuts without peanutsNuts and seeds143 µg259% DV
  13. 13Salted mixed nuts without peanutsNuts and seeds142 µg257% DV
  14. 14Dried egg yolksDairy and Egg Products139 µg253% DV
  15. 15Oil roasted mixed nuts, no peanuts, lightly saltedNut and Seed Products139 µg253% DV
  16. 16Flax seedsNuts and seeds136 µg247% DV
  17. 17Ground flaxseedNut and Seed Products136 µg247% DV
  18. 18Egg substitute powderDairy and Egg Products128 µg232% DV
  19. 19Dried egg whitesDairy and Egg Products125 µg227% DV
  20. 20Egg white, dried, powder, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products125 µg227% DV
  21. 21Quaker Puffed Wheat cerealBreakfast Cereals123 µg224% DV
  22. 22Fortified puffed wheat cerealBreakfast Cereals123 µg224% DV
  23. 23Whole egg, dried, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products121 µg220% DV
  24. 24Dried shrimpShellfish119 µg216% DV
  25. 25Egg white, dried, flakes, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products117 µg212% DV
  26. 26Tuna, cookedFish113 µg205% DV
  27. 27Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products108 µg197% DV
  28. 28New Zealand lamb kidney, cooked, soaked and friedLamb, Veal, and Game Products105 µg191% DV
  29. 29Salted sunflower seed butterNut and Seed Products104 µg190% DV
  30. 30Unsalted sunflower seed butterNut and Seed Products104 µg190% DV
  31. 31Chicken giblets, friedPoultry Products104 µg189% DV
  32. 32Turkey liver, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products102 µg186% DV
  33. 33Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products100 µg182% DV
  34. 34Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products95 µg173% DV
  35. 35New Zealand lamb kidney, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products93.6 µg170% DV
  36. 36Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products90.6 µg165% DV
  37. 37Tuna, rawFish90.6 µg165% DV
  38. 38Simmered stewing chicken gibletsPoultry Products90.4 µg164% DV
  39. 39Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products89.6 µg163% DV
  40. 40Cooked blue musselFinfish and Shellfish Products89.6 µg163% DV
  41. 41Common octopus, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products89.6 µg163% DV
  42. 42Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products89.6 µg163% DV
  43. 43Enriched semolinaCereal Grains and Pasta89.4 µg163% DV
  44. 44Durum wheatCereal Grains and Pasta89.4 µg163% DV
  45. 45Uncle Sam CerealBreakfast Cereals88.3 µg161% DV
  46. 46Orange roughy, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products88.3 µg161% DV
  47. 47Chicken liver, pan-friedPoultry Products88.2 µg160% DV
  48. 48High protein nutritional shake mix, powderBeverages87.5 µg159% DV
  49. 49High protein Herbalife powderProtein and nutritional powders87.5 µg159% DV
  50. 50High protein nutritional powderProtein and nutritional powders87.5 µg159% DV
  51. 51Chicken liver, simmeredPoultry Products82.4 µg150% DV
  52. 52Uncooked khorasan wheatCereal Grains and Pasta81.5 µg148% DV
  53. 53LobsterShellfish80.5 µg146% DV
  54. 54Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products80.4 µg146% DV
  55. 55Dry roasted sunflower seed kernels, with saltNut and Seed Products80.4 µg146% DV
  56. 56Dry roasted sunflower seeds, saltedNut and Seed Products79.3 µg144% DV
  57. 57Sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, unsaltedNut and Seed Products79.3 µg144% DV
  58. 58Sunflower seedsNuts and seeds79.3 µg144% DV
  59. 59Plain unsalted sunflower seedsNuts and seeds79.3 µg144% DV
  60. 60Crude wheat germCereal Grains and Pasta79.2 µg144% DV
  61. 61Dry enriched egg noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta78.8 µg143% DV
  62. 62Dry unenriched egg noodlesCereal Grains and Pasta78.8 µg143% DV
  63. 63Plain salted sunflower seedsNuts and seeds78.4 µg143% DV
  64. 64Oil roasted sunflower seeds, saltedNut and Seed Products78.2 µg142% DV
  65. 65Sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted, unsaltedNut and Seed Products78.2 µg142% DV
  66. 66Dry whole-wheat pastaCereal Grains and Pasta77.6 µg141% DV
  67. 67Wheat branNot included in a food category77.6 µg141% DV
  68. 68Crude wheat branCereal Grains and Pasta77.6 µg141% DV
  69. 69Farmed eastern oyster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products77.5 µg141% DV
  70. 70Raw Pacific oysterFinfish and Shellfish Products77 µg140% DV
  71. 71Whole grain pasta, 51% wheat, dryCereal Grains and Pasta76.8 µg140% DV
  72. 72Wild yellowfin tuna, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products76.5 µg139% DV
  73. 73Pacific rockfish, mixed, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products76.2 µg139% DV
  74. 74Canned light tuna in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products76 µg138% DV
  75. 75Fish, tuna, light, canned in oil, without salt, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products76 µg138% DV
  76. 76Flavored sunflower seedsNuts and seeds75.7 µg138% DV
  77. 77Whole-wheat matzoBaked Products75.1 µg137% DV
  78. 78Unsalted mixed nuts with peanutsNuts and seeds74.4 µg135% DV
  79. 79Lightly salted mixed nuts with peanutsNuts and seeds74.1 µg135% DV
  80. 80Mixed nutsNuts and seeds73.8 µg134% DV
  81. 81Salted mixed nuts with peanutsNuts and seeds73.8 µg134% DV
  82. 82NutsNuts and seeds73.8 µg134% DV
  83. 83Salted mackerelFinfish and Shellfish Products73.4 µg133% DV
  84. 84Cooked northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products73.1 µg133% DV
  85. 85Wild snapper, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products71.4 µg130% DV
  86. 86Trail mix with nutsNuts and seeds71.4 µg130% DV
  87. 87Turkey giblets, simmeredPoultry Products71.1 µg129% DV
  88. 88Wheatena cereal, dryBreakfast Cereals70.7 µg129% DV
  89. 89Whole wheat hot natural cereal, dryBreakfast Cereals70.7 µg129% DV
  90. 90Hard red spring wheatCereal Grains and Pasta70.7 µg129% DV
  91. 91Hard red winter wheatCereal Grains and Pasta70.7 µg129% DV
  92. 92Canned light tuna in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products70.6 µg128% DV
  93. 93Pasta, whole grain, 51% whole wheat, remaining unenriched semolina, dryCereal Grains and Pasta69.4 µg126% DV
  94. 94Wild Chilean sea bass, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products69.4 µg126% DV
  95. 95Turkey liver, rawPoultry Products68.7 µg125% DV
  96. 96Swordfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products68.5 µg125% DV
  97. 97AnchovyFish68.1 µg124% DV
  98. 98European anchovy, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products68.1 µg124% DV
  99. 99Raw goose liverPoultry Products68.1 µg124% DV
  100. 100Tuna, cannedFish67.8 µg123% DV

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Source: USDA FoodData Central. Per serving uses each food's typical USDA portion. Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older.