Foods high in selenium

Pacific oyster, cooked tops the list with 154 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.

1. 1Pacific oyster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products154 µg280% DV
2. 2Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products148 µg269% DV
3. 3Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products108 µg197% DV
4. 4Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products90.6 µg165% DV
5. 5Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products89.6 µg163% DV
6. 6Cooked blue musselFinfish and Shellfish Products89.6 µg163% DV
7. 7Common octopus, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products89.6 µg163% DV
8. 8Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products89.6 µg163% DV
9. 9Orange roughy, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products88.3 µg161% DV
10. 10Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products80.4 µg146% DV
11. 11Farmed eastern oyster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products77.5 µg141% DV
12. 12Raw Pacific oysterFinfish and Shellfish Products77 µg140% DV
13. 13Wild yellowfin tuna, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products76.5 µg139% DV
14. 14Pacific rockfish, mixed, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products76.2 µg139% DV
15. 15Canned light tuna in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products76 µg138% DV
16. 16Fish, tuna, light, canned in oil, without salt, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products76 µg138% DV
17. 17Salted mackerelFinfish and Shellfish Products73.4 µg133% DV
18. 18Cooked northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products73.1 µg133% DV
19. 19Wild snapper, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products71.4 µg130% DV
20. 20Canned light tuna in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products70.6 µg128% DV
21. 21Wild Chilean sea bass, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products69.4 µg126% DV
22. 22Swordfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products68.5 µg125% DV
23. 23European anchovy, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products68.1 µg124% DV
24. 24Light canned tuna in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products67.8 µg123% DV
25. 25Orange roughy, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products66.7 µg121% DV
26. 26Breaded and fried eastern oystersFinfish and Shellfish Products66.5 µg121% DV
27. 27White tuna, canned in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products65.7 µg119% DV
28. 28Canned white tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products65.7 µg119% DV
29. 29Black and red caviar, granularFinfish and Shellfish Products65.5 µg119% DV
30. 30Cooked clamsFinfish and Shellfish Products64 µg116% DV
31. 31Farmed eastern oyster, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products63.7 µg116% DV
32. 32Raw northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products63.6 µg116% DV
33. 33Wild lobster tails, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products63.1 µg115% DV
34. 34Raw Pacific rockfishFinfish and Shellfish Products63 µg115% DV
35. 35Wild swordfish, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products60.7 µg110% DV
36. 36White tuna, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products60.1 µg109% DV
37. 37Canned white tuna in oil, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products60.1 µg109% DV
38. 38Snow crab legs, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products60 µg109% DV
39. 39Spiny lobster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products59.2 µg108% DV
40. 40Pickled Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products58.5 µg106% DV
41. 41Raw swordfishFinfish and Shellfish Products57.4 µg104% DV
42. 42Cooked Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products55.4 µg101% DV
43. 43Tilapia, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products54.4 µg99% DV
44. 44Wild halibut, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products53.7 µg98% DV
45. 45Atlantic sardines, canned in oil, drained with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products52.7 µg96% DV
46. 46Kippered Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products52.6 µg96% DV
47. 47Fried mixed species abaloneFinfish and Shellfish Products51.8 µg94% DV
48. 48Fried squidFinfish and Shellfish Products51.8 µg94% DV
49. 49Mixed species fish roe, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products51.7 µg94% DV
50. 50Atlantic mackerel, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products51.6 µg94% DV
51. 51Tilefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products51.5 µg94% DV
52. 52Sheepshead, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products51.3 µg93% DV
53. 53Canned clams, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products50.5 µg92% DV
54. 54Smoked sablefishFinfish and Shellfish Products50.2 µg91% DV
55. 55Wild mahi mahi, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products50.2 µg91% DV
56. 56Cooked shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products49.5 µg90% DV
57. 57Snapper, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products49 µg89% DV
58. 58Anchovies, canned in olive oil, with salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products48.1 µg88% DV
59. 59Dungeness crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products47.6 µg87% DV
60. 60Canned shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products47.5 µg86% DV
61. 61Cooked striped bassFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
62. 62Cooked bluefishFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
63. 63Cooked butterfishFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
64. 64Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
65. 65Cooked grouperFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
66. 66Greenland halibut, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
67. 67Atlantic herring, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
68. 68Pacific herring, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
69. 69Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
70. 70Lingcod, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
71. 71King mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
72. 72Pacific mackerel and jack, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
73. 73Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
74. 74Monkfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
75. 75Striped mullet, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
76. 76Atlantic pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
77. 77Florida pompano, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
78. 78Ocean pout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
79. 79Sablefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
80. 80Wild Atlantic salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
81. 81Chinook salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
82. 82Chum salmon, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
83. 83Scup, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
84. 84Sea bass, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
85. 85Mixed species seatrout, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
86. 86American shad, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
87. 87Rainbow smelt, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
88. 88Spot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
89. 89Fresh bluefin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
90. 90Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
91. 91European turbot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
92. 92Atlantic wolffish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
93. 93Mixed species yellowtail, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products46.8 µg85% DV
94. 94Raw mixed species spiny lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products46.2 µg84% DV
95. 95Wild coho salmon, cooked, moist heatFinfish and Shellfish Products46.2 µg84% DV
96. 96Blue swimming crab lump, pasteurizedFinfish and Shellfish Products45.8 µg83% DV
97. 97Raw Atlantic and Pacific halibutFinfish and Shellfish Products45.6 µg83% DV
98. 98Raw mixed species abaloneFinfish and Shellfish Products44.8 µg81% DV
99. 99Raw mixed species cuttlefishFinfish and Shellfish Products44.8 µg81% DV
100. 100Raw blue musselFinfish and Shellfish Products44.8 µg81% DV

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.