Foods Highest in Sodium

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

MineralsUnit: mg per 100g

#	Food	Group	mg/100g
1	Salt, table, non-iodised	Miscellaneous	38,178
2	Salt, table, iodised	Miscellaneous	38,168
3	Baking soda (bicarbonate), dry powder	Miscellaneous	27,360
4	Stock, dry powder or cube	Miscellaneous	18,400
5	Plum, salted	Fruit products and dishes	8,400
6	Sauce, fish, commercial	Savoury sauces and condiments	8,255
7	Soup, vegetable, instant dry mix	Soup	7,130
8	Baking powder, dry powder	Miscellaneous	6,868
9	Taco seasoning mix, chilli-based	Miscellaneous	6,238
10	Gravy powder, dry mix	Savoury sauces and condiments	6,020
11	Paste, shrimp	Fish and seafood products and dishes	6,000
12	Sauce, soy, commercial	Savoury sauces and condiments	5,600
13	Anchovy, canned in oil, drained	Fish and seafood products and dishes	5,480
14	Soup, broth style, with meat, instant dry mix	Soup	5,020
15	Soup, broth style, with meat & noodles, instant dry mix	Soup	4,536
16	Lemon, preserved	Fruit products and dishes	4,449
17	Soup, cream variety, instant dry mix	Soup	4,230
18	Sauce, soy, commercial, reduced salt	Savoury sauces and condiments	3,934
19	Paste, soybean	Legume and pulse products and dishes	3,800
20	Sauce, oyster, commercial	Savoury sauces and condiments	3,790
21	Spread, yeast, marmite	Miscellaneous	3,400
22	Spread, yeast, vegemite	Miscellaneous	3,000
23	Vine leaf, grape, canned	Vegetable products and dishes	2,853
24	Capers, pickled, canned, drained	Savoury sauces and condiments	2,348
25	Bacon, middle rasher, separable lean, fried, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	2,200
26	Soup, vegetable & noodle, instant dry mix	Soup	2,030
27	Bacon, shortcut, as purchased without rind, fried, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	2,000
28	Paste, green curry, commercial	Savoury sauces and condiments	1,807
29	Paste, Indian style curry, commercial	Savoury sauces and condiments	1,802
30	Salami, hungarian	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,730
31	Prosciutto	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,700
32	Sauce, hoi sin (hoisin), commercial	Savoury sauces and condiments	1,550
33	Salami, mettwurst	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,535
34	Bacon, middle rasher, untrimmed, baked, roasted, fried, grilled or BBQ'd, no added fat	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,528
35	Salami, all varieties, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,500
36	Salami, milano	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,495
37	Salami, danish	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,485
38	Olive, green or black, drained	Savoury sauces and condiments	1,460
39	Mustard, cream style	Savoury sauces and condiments	1,420
40	Cheese, cheddar, processed, regular fat	Milk products and dishes	1,420
41	Salami, pepperoni	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,400
42	Cheese, parmesan, dried, finely grated	Milk products and dishes	1,300
43	Bacon, middle rasher, untrimmed, raw	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,274
44	Sauce, pasta, basil pesto, commercial	Savoury sauces and condiments	1,251
45	Ham, leg, lean	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,250
46	Cheese, cheddar, processed, reduced fat (~15%), added vitamin D	Milk products and dishes	1,171
47	Noodle, wheat, instant, flavoured, dry, uncooked	Cereals and cereal products	1,108
48	Cheese, fetta (feta)	Milk products and dishes	1,100
49	Cheese, haloumi (halloumi)	Milk products and dishes	1,100
50	Sausage, chorizo, uncooked	Meat, poultry and game products and dishes	1,100

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