Foods Highest in Ash

Top 50 Australian foods ranked by ash content per 100g, sourced from the AFCD.

OtherUnit: g per 100g

#	Food	Group	g/100g
1	Salt substitute, potassium chloride	Miscellaneous	99.8
2	Salt, table, iodised	Miscellaneous	99.8
3	Salt, table, non-iodised	Miscellaneous	99.8
4	Stock, dry powder or cube	Miscellaneous	55.4
5	Baking soda (bicarbonate), dry powder	Miscellaneous	36.9
6	Cream of tartar, dry powder	Miscellaneous	36.8
7	Baking powder, dry powder	Miscellaneous	27.8
8	Plum, salted	Fruit products and dishes	27.4
9	Paste, shrimp	Fish and seafood products and dishes	27.3
10	Gravy powder, dry mix	Savoury sauces and condiments	24.1
11	Soup, vegetable, instant dry mix	Soup	24.0
12	Sauce, fish, commercial	Savoury sauces and condiments	20.7
13	Taco seasoning mix, chilli-based	Miscellaneous	18.3
14	Soup, broth style, with meat, instant dry mix	Soup	16.2
15	Sauce, soy, commercial	Savoury sauces and condiments	15.2
16	Spread, yeast, marmite	Miscellaneous	14.6
17	Soup, broth style, with meat & noodles, instant dry mix	Soup	14.2
18	Spread, yeast, vegemite	Miscellaneous	14.0
19	Soup, cream variety, instant dry mix	Soup	12.4
20	Paste, soybean	Legume and pulse products and dishes	12.1
21	Lemon, preserved	Fruit products and dishes	11.9
22	Thyme, dried, ground	Miscellaneous	11.7
23	Sauce, soy, commercial, reduced salt	Savoury sauces and condiments	11.7
24	Paste, Indian style curry, commercial	Savoury sauces and condiments	11.2
25	Anchovy, canned in oil, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	11.1
26	Sauce, oyster, commercial	Savoury sauces and condiments	10.3
27	Seaweed, nori, dried	Vegetable products and dishes	9.8
28	Cocoa powder	Non-alcoholic beverages	9.4
29	Paste, green curry, commercial	Savoury sauces and condiments	9.0
30	Chilli (chili), dried, ground	Miscellaneous	8.5
31	Sage, dried	Miscellaneous	8.0
32	Capers, pickled, canned, drained	Savoury sauces and condiments	8.0
33	Milk, cow, powder, skim	Milk products and dishes	7.9
34	Oregano, dried	Miscellaneous	7.9
35	Paprika, dry powder	Miscellaneous	7.7
36	Protein powder, hemp seed based	Special dietary foods	7.7
37	Cumin (cummin) seed, dried, ground	Miscellaneous	7.6
38	Lecithin, soy, granules	Miscellaneous	7.4
39	Soup, vegetable & noodle, instant dry mix	Soup	7.4
40	Bacon, middle rasher, separable lean, fried, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	7.3
41	Coffee, instant, dry powder or granules	Non-alcoholic beverages	7.3
42	Coffee, instant, dry powder or granules, decaffeinated	Non-alcoholic beverages	7.3
43	Cheese, parmesan, dried, finely grated	Milk products and dishes	7.2
44	Turmeric, dried, ground	Miscellaneous	7.1
45	Curry powder	Miscellaneous	7.1
46	Tomato, sundried	Vegetable products and dishes	7.0
47	Prosciutto	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	6.7
48	Bacon, shortcut, as purchased without rind, fried, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	6.7
49	Rosemary, dried	Miscellaneous	6.5
50	Seed, poppy	Seed and nut products and dishes	6.4

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Source: Australian Food Composition Database (AFCD) Release 3, FSANZ. All values per 100g of edible portion. Rankings exclude foods where ash value is zero or not measured.