Minerals in Food

Minerals are inorganic nutrients critical for bone health, fluid balance, and hundreds of enzymatic processes. Compare mineral levels across Australian foods.

30 nutrientsValues per 100g

Nutrient	Unit	Richest Food Source	Value
Aluminium	ug	Cocoa powder	7,000
Antimony	ug	Prawn, banana, aquacultured, purchased cooked	2.9
Arsenic	ug	Shark, battered, deep-fried, takeaway outlet	1,500
Cadmium	ug	Seaweed, nori, dried	290
Calcium	mg	Thyme, dried, ground	1,890
Chromium	ug	Abalone, black lip, aquacultured, raw	393
Chloride	mg	Salt, table, iodised	61,200
Cobalt	ug	Bassa (basa), fillet, raw	1.0
Copper	mg	Cone, wafer style, for ice cream	8.7
Fluoride	ug	Gelatine, all types	6,500
Iodine	ug	Salt, table, iodised	4,400
Iron	mg	Thyme, dried, ground	124
Lead	ug	Noodle, soba, dry	13.9
Magnesium	mg	Protein powder, hemp seed based	670
Manganese	mg	Abalone, green lip, aquacultured, raw	33.5
Mercury	ug	Shark, fillet, without skin, baked, no added fat	59.6
Molybdenum	ug	Seed, pumpkin, hulled & dried	180
Nickel	ug	Abalone, brown lip, wild, raw	325
Phosphorus	mg	Lecithin, soy, granules	2,000
Potassium	mg	Salt substitute, potassium chloride	50,009
Selenium	ug	Nut, brazil, raw or blanched, unsalted	1,917
Sodium	mg	Salt, table, non-iodised	38,178
Sulphur	mg	Seaweed, nori, dried	1,900
Tin	ug	Baked beans, canned in tomato sauce	1,550
Zinc	mg	Oyster, Sydney rock, aquacultured, raw	20.3
Retinol	ug	Lamb, liver, grilled, no added fat	31,000
Vitamin A retinol equivalents	ug	Lamb, liver, grilled, no added fat	31,007
Biotin	ug	Yeast, dry powder	200
Cystine plus cysteine	mg/gN	Egg, chicken, white (albumen), hard-boiled	192
Cystine plus cysteine	mg	Seed, sesame, unsalted	582

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Source: Australian Food Composition Database (AFCD) Release 3, FSANZ. All values per 100g of edible portion.