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Top 50 Foods Highest in Iodine

Ranked by Iodine content per 100g edible portion. Data from USDA FoodData Central.

Iodine: benefits, deficiency & absorption tips

#1 Highest

Salt, table, iodized

5080 ug

Foods ranked

31

with Iodine data

Complete Ranking — Iodine per 100g

# Food Iodine (ug)
1 Salt, table, iodized 5080
2 Salt, table, iodized vs #1 5080
3 Fish, cod, Atlantic, wild caught, raw vs #1 114
4 Cheese, parmesan, grated, refrigerated vs #1 82.9
5 Cheese, queso fresco, solid vs #1 79.9
6 Cheese, cotija, solid vs #1 64.8
7 Cheese, provolone, sliced vs #1 64.3
8 Egg, whole, raw, frozen, pasteurized vs #1 61.6
9 Yogurt, plain, nonfat vs #1 58.7
10 Cheese, American, restaurant vs #1 54.1
11 Cheese, pasteurized process cheese food or product, American, singles vs #1 52.5
12 Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole vs #1 49.1
13 Cheese, feta, whole milk, crumbled vs #1 48.4
14 Cheese, oaxaca, solid vs #1 45.7
15 Cottage cheese, full fat, large or small curd vs #1 45.7
16 Crustaceans, crab, blue swimming, lump, pasteurized, refrigerated vs #1 44.5
17 Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D vs #1 39.6
18 Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D vs #1 37.9
19 Milk, lowfat, fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D vs #1 36.2
20 Cheese, monterey jack, solid vs #1 35.9
21 Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A and vitamin D (fat free or skim) vs #1 35.7
22 Cream cheese, full fat, block vs #1 34.9
23 Buttermilk, low fat vs #1 34.2
24 Cream, sour, full fat vs #1 32.8
25 Cream, heavy vs #1 19.4
26 Fish, salmon, sockeye, wild caught, raw vs #1 18.4
27 Crustaceans, shrimp, farm raised, raw vs #1 13.6
28 Spinach, mature vs #1 6.09
29 Fish, tilapia, farm raised, raw vs #1 4.14
30 Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farm raised, raw vs #1 3.24
31 Fish, catfish, farm raised, raw vs #1 1.94

* All values per 100g edible portion. % Daily Values based on FDA 2020 (2,000 kcal diet). Rankings update automatically when USDA data is refreshed.