Minerals

Foods Highest in Iodine

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

MineralsUnit: ug per 100g

50
Foods ranked: 4,400 ug
Highest per 100g

Number one

Salt, table, iodised

Miscellaneous

4,400ug per 100g

50 foods ranked, values per 100g

Food	Group	ug/100g
1Salt, table, iodised	Miscellaneous	4,400
2Seaweed, nori, dried	Vegetable products and dishes	2,200
3Seaweed, boiled, drained	Vegetable products and dishes	337
4Mussel, blue, steamed	Fish and seafood products and dishes	268
5Protein powder, whey based, protein >70%, unfortified	Special dietary foods	240
6Oyster, Pacific, aquacultured, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	202
7Abalone, green lip, aquacultured, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	202
8Milk, cow, powder, skim	Milk products and dishes	200
9Abalone, green lip, wild, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	190
10Oyster, aquacultured, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	184
11Scallop, fried, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	178
12Oyster, Sydney rock, aquacultured, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	162
13Oyster, native, aquacultured, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	162
14Scallop, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	150
15Bread, gluten free, toasted	Cereals and cereal products	142
16Morwong, fillet, grilled, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	130
17Egg, chicken, yolk, hard-boiled	Egg products and dishes	130
18Bread, gluten free	Cereals and cereal products	125
19Milk, cow, powder, regular fat, unfortified	Milk products and dishes	120
20Milk, cow, powder, regular fat	Milk products and dishes	120
21Milk, cow, powder, regular fat, added vitamins A & D	Milk products and dishes	120
22Paste, soybean	Legume and pulse products and dishes	120
23Egg, chicken, whole, omega-3 polyunsaturate enriched, raw	Egg products and dishes	120
24Egg, chicken, whole, omega-3 polyunsaturate enriched, boiled	Egg products and dishes	116
25Abalone, brown lip, wild, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	110
26Morwong, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	100
27Morwong, fillet, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	90.0
28Prawn, endeavour, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	88.1
29Breadcrumbs, white	Cereals and cereal products	86.2
30Cheese, goat, soft	Milk products and dishes	84.3
31Chicken piece, flesh, skin & fat, coated, fast food outlet, fried	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	82.0
32Abalone, black lip, wild, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	80.0
33Egg, chicken, yolk, raw	Egg products and dishes	80.0
34Prawn, school, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	79.4
35Oats, rolled, mixed with sugar or honey & other flavours, uncooked	Cereals and cereal products	78.0
36Bread, from white flour, Italian-style, commercial, toasted	Cereals and cereal products	76.9
37Cheese, bocconcini	Milk products and dishes	76.0
38Sardine, Australian, whole, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	75.8
39Oats, hulled, uncooked	Cereals and cereal products	74.0
40Oats, rolled, uncooked	Cereals and cereal products	74.0
41Bread, from white flour, added fibre, toasted	Cereals and cereal products	70.9
42Prawn, brown tiger, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	70.1
43Biscuit, savoury, rice cracker, seaweed flavoured	Cereal based products and dishes	70.0
44Bread, from white flour, added omega-3 polyunsaturates, toasted	Cereals and cereal products	69.6
45Bread, from wholemeal flour, toasted	Cereals and cereal products	69.2
46Breakfast cereal, whole wheat, puffed, no added sugar or salt, unfortified	Cereals and cereal products	68.0
47Bread, from white flour, Italian-style, commercial	Cereals and cereal products	68.0
48Bread, from white flour, Turkish, toasted	Cereals and cereal products	67.8
49Paste, shrimp	Fish and seafood products and dishes	67.5
50Bread, mixed grain, toasted	Cereals and cereal products	67.4

Rankings

Top Foods by Nutrient

All nutrients

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Source

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