Foods high in sodium

Dried salted jellyfish tops the list with 9,690 mg per 100 g. The Daily Value for sodium is 2,300 mg. Ranked from 12,685 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

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  1. 1Dried salted jellyfishFinfish and Shellfish Products9,690 mg421% DV
  2. 2Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products7,027 mg306% DV
  3. 3Anchovies, canned in olive oil, with salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products5,403 mg235% DV
  4. 4Salted mackerelFinfish and Shellfish Products4,450 mg193% DV
  5. 5European anchovy, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products3,668 mg159% DV
  6. 6Smoked Chinook salmonFinfish and Shellfish Products2,000 mg87% DV
  7. 7Black and red caviar, granularFinfish and Shellfish Products1,500 mg65% DV
  8. 8Cooked clamsFinfish and Shellfish Products1,202 mg52% DV
  9. 9Cooked Alaska king crabFinfish and Shellfish Products1,072 mg47% DV
  10. 10Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products1,019 mg44% DV
  11. 11Cooked shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products947 mg41% DV
  12. 12Kippered Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products918 mg40% DV
  13. 13Canned shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products870 mg38% DV
  14. 14Pickled Atlantic herringFinfish and Shellfish Products870 mg38% DV
  15. 15Alaska king crab, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products836 mg36% DV
  16. 16Imitation mixed species scallopFinfish and Shellfish Products795 mg35% DV
  17. 17Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products763 mg33% DV
  18. 18Cuttlefish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products744 mg32% DV
  19. 19Sturgeon, mixed species, smokedFinfish and Shellfish Products739 mg32% DV
  20. 20Smoked sablefishFinfish and Shellfish Products737 mg32% DV
  21. 21Snow crab legs, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products729 mg32% DV
  22. 22Imitation shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products705 mg31% DV
  23. 23Queen crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products691 mg30% DV
  24. 24Smoked Chinook salmonFinfish and Shellfish Products672 mg29% DV
  25. 25Steamed bay and sea scallopsFinfish and Shellfish Products667 mg29% DV
  26. 26Raw mixed species clamFinfish and Shellfish Products601 mg26% DV
  27. 27Fried mixed species abaloneFinfish and Shellfish Products591 mg26% DV
  28. 28Raw mixed species shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products566 mg25% DV
  29. 29Canned blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products563 mg24% DV
  30. 30Raw queen crabFinfish and Shellfish Products539 mg23% DV
  31. 31Imitation Alaska king crabFinfish and Shellfish Products529 mg23% DV
  32. 32Sweet gefilte fishFinfish and Shellfish Products524 mg23% DV
  33. 33Wild lobster tails, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products509 mg22% DV
  34. 34Cooked northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products486 mg21% DV
  35. 35Smoked ciscoFinfish and Shellfish Products481 mg21% DV
  36. 36Farm raised shrimp, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products475 mg21% DV
  37. 37Breaded and fried mixed species scallopFinfish and Shellfish Products464 mg20% DV
  38. 38Common octopus, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products460 mg20% DV
  39. 39Canned sockeye salmon, total can contentsFinfish and Shellfish Products433 mg19% DV
  40. 40Raw northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products423 mg18% DV
  41. 41Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products419 mg18% DV
  42. 42Breaded and fried eastern oystersFinfish and Shellfish Products417 mg18% DV
  43. 43Canned light tuna in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products416 mg18% DV
  44. 44Pacific sardines, canned in tomato sauce, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products414 mg18% DV
  45. 45Cooked whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products412 mg18% DV
  46. 46Canned sockeye salmon, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products408 mg18% DV
  47. 47Canned pink salmon, with liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products403 mg18% DV
  48. 48Prepared frozen fish sticksFinfish and Shellfish Products402 mg17% DV
  49. 49Tuna saladFinfish and Shellfish Products402 mg17% DV
  50. 50White tuna, canned in oil, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products396 mg17% DV
  51. 51Cooked blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products395 mg17% DV
  52. 52Raw mixed species scallopFinfish and Shellfish Products392 mg17% DV
  53. 53Chum salmon, canned, drained solids with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products391 mg17% DV
  54. 54Canned sockeye salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products386 mg17% DV
  55. 55Canned pink salmon, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products381 mg17% DV
  56. 56Jack mackerel, canned, drained solidsFinfish and Shellfish Products379 mg16% DV
  57. 57Dungeness crab, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products378 mg16% DV
  58. 58Canned pink salmon, drained, no skin or boneFinfish and Shellfish Products378 mg16% DV
  59. 59White tuna, canned in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products377 mg16% DV
  60. 60Cooked Pacific codFinfish and Shellfish Products372 mg16% DV
  61. 61Raw mixed species cuttlefishFinfish and Shellfish Products372 mg16% DV
  62. 62Cooked blue musselFinfish and Shellfish Products369 mg16% DV
  63. 63Breaded and fried clamsFinfish and Shellfish Products364 mg16% DV
  64. 64Cooked flounder and soleFinfish and Shellfish Products363 mg16% DV
  65. 65Wild Pacific cod, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products354 mg15% DV
  66. 66Breaded and fried Atlantic croakerFinfish and Shellfish Products348 mg15% DV
  67. 67Atlantic ocean perch, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products347 mg15% DV
  68. 68Breaded and fried shrimpFinfish and Shellfish Products344 mg15% DV
  69. 69Alaska pollock, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products333 mg14% DV
  70. 70Raw pollockFinfish and Shellfish Products333 mg14% DV
  71. 71Blue swimming crab lump, pasteurizedFinfish and Shellfish Products331 mg14% DV
  72. 72Blue crab cakesFinfish and Shellfish Products330 mg14% DV
  73. 73Wild sea scallops, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products313 mg14% DV
  74. 74Atlantic sardines, canned in oil, drained with boneFinfish and Shellfish Products307 mg13% DV
  75. 75Fried squidFinfish and Shellfish Products306 mg13% DV
  76. 76Fish, cod, Pacific, raw (may have been previously frozen)Finfish and Shellfish Products303 mg13% DV
  77. 77Raw mixed species abaloneFinfish and Shellfish Products301 mg13% DV
  78. 78Wild caught Atlantic cod, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products299 mg13% DV
  79. 79Raw flounder and soleFinfish and Shellfish Products296 mg13% DV
  80. 80Raw Dungeness crabFinfish and Shellfish Products295 mg13% DV
  81. 81Raw blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products293 mg13% DV
  82. 82Atlantic ocean perch, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products287 mg12% DV
  83. 83Raw blue musselFinfish and Shellfish Products286 mg12% DV
  84. 84Channel catfish, breaded and friedFinfish and Shellfish Products280 mg12% DV
  85. 85Squid, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products272 mg12% DV
  86. 86Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products261 mg11% DV
  87. 87Wild bay scallops, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products252 mg11% DV
  88. 88Canned light tuna in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products247 mg11% DV
  89. 89Raw common octopusFinfish and Shellfish Products230 mg10% DV
  90. 90Spiny lobster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products227 mg10% DV
  91. 91Light canned tuna in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products219 mg10% DV
  92. 92Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products218 mg9% DV
  93. 93Canned clam liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products215 mg9% DV
  94. 94Raw haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products213 mg9% DV
  95. 95Pacific oyster, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products212 mg9% DV
  96. 96Raw whelkFinfish and Shellfish Products206 mg9% DV
  97. 97King mackerel, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products203 mg9% DV
  98. 98European turbot, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products192 mg8% DV
  99. 99Farmed eastern oyster, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products178 mg8% DV
  100. 100Raw mixed species spiny lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products177 mg8% 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.