Foods Highest in Mercury

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

MineralsUnit: ug per 100g

#	Food	Group	ug/100g
1	Shark, fillet, without skin, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	59.6
2	Shark, fillet, without skin, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	48.9
3	Shark, fillet, without skin, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	43.5
4	Shark, battered, deep-fried, takeaway outlet	Fish and seafood products and dishes	32.0
5	Tuna, unflavoured, canned in water, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	17.7
6	Tuna, canned in brine, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	17.7
7	Barramundi, aquacultured, fillet, grilled, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	13.3
8	Barramundi, aquacultured, fillet, steamed with no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	11.6
9	Lobster or crayfish, flesh, purchased steamed, poached or boiled, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	10.1
10	Barramundi, aquacultured, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	9.7
11	Lobster, southern rock, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	9.1
12	Prawn, endeavour, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	7.7
13	Kingfish, yellowtail, aquacultured, fillet, with skin, grilled, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	6.6
14	Trout, ocean, aquacultured, fillet, without skin, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	5.9
15	Kingfish, yellowtail, aquacultured, fillet, with skin, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	5.7
16	Silver perch, aquacultured, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	5.5
17	Trout, ocean, aquacultured, fillet, without skin, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	5.1
18	Kingfish, yellowtail, aquacultured, fillet, with skin, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	4.8
19	Silver perch, aquacultured, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	4.8
20	Prawn, school, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	4.8
21	Trout, ocean, aquacultured, fillet, without skin, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	4.3
22	Silver perch, aquacultured, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	4.0
23	Oyster, Pacific, aquacultured, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	3.7
24	Trout, rainbow, aquacultured, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	3.6
25	Salmon, Atlantic, fillet, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	3.5
26	Salmon, Pacific King, fillet, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	3.5
27	Salmon, Pacific King, fillet, skinless, grilled, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	3.4
28	Salmon, Atlantic, fillet, grilled, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	3.3
29	Trout, rainbow, aquacultured, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	3.2
30	Salmon, Atlantic, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	3.0
31	Salmon, Pacific King, fillet, skinless, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	3.0
32	Trout, rainbow, aquacultured, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	2.7
33	Sardine, Australian, whole, fried, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	2.5
34	Sprat, blue, wild caught, flesh, skin & bones, fried, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	2.5
35	Sprat, blue, wild caught, flesh, skin & bones, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	2.2
36	Milkfish, aquacultured, fillet, grilled, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	2.0
37	Milkfish, aquacultured, fillet, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1.8
38	Bassa (basa), fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1.6
39	Abalone, brown lip, wild, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1.6
40	Breakfast cereal, wheat bran, flakes, sultanas, added vitamins & minerals (Kellogg's Sultana Bran)	Cereals and cereal products	1.5
41	Milkfish, aquacultured, fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1.5
42	Bassa (basa), fillet, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1.4
43	Abalone, green lip, aquacultured, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1.4
44	Prawn, banana, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1.3
45	Bassa (basa), fillet, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1.2
46	Tilapia, fillet, baked, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1.1
47	Tilapia, fillet, steamed, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1.0
48	Prawn, Western king, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1.0
49	Butter, plain, no added salt	Fats and oils	0.90
50	Butter, plain, salted	Fats and oils	0.90

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