Potassium Foods Pictorial

Potassium Foods
Ask your dietitian how many servings of potassium foods you should have from each group.
Low potassium foods
Serving sizes are ½ cup or 1 medium unless another amount is listed.
Apple
Apricots
Mango
(½)
Mandarin
orange,
tangerine
Prunes
Watermelon,
honeydew
(green, yellow)
Celery
Corn
(2 raw,
1 canned)
Berries
(strawberries, blueberries,
blackberries, raspberries)
Cherries
(10)
Grapes
(20)
Lemon, lime
Peach
Pear
Pineapple
Plum
Beans
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrot
Cauliflower
Cucumber
Eggplant
Garlic
Leeks
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Onion
Peas
Peppers
Tomato
Turnip
Zucchini
(3 dried or
canned)
(raw, cooked, or canned)
(½ raw, 2 Tbsp ketchup,
¼ cup/60 mL sauce)
Pomegranate
(½ raw, ¼ cup or
60 mL juice)
Potato
(peeled, cut into small pieces,
then boiled)
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Medium potassium foods
Serving sizes are ½ cup or 1 medium unless another amount is listed.
Milk
Yogurt
(½ cup/125 mL)
(½ cup/
125 mL)
Nuts, seeds,
nut butters
Ice cream
(½ cup/
125 mL)
Dried beans, peas, lentils
(½ cup/125 mL per week)
(2 Tbsp/30 mL)
Whole grain breads and
cereals
Coconut,
raisins
Chocolate
(15 grams)
(2 Tbsp/ 30 mL)
Bran muffin,
bran cereal
Coffee, tea
(2 to 3 cups/500 to
700 mL )
Juice
(½ cup/125 mL grape, pineapple,
apple; ¼ cup/60 mL prune)
High potassium foods
Serving sizes are ½ cup or 1 medium unless another amount is listed.
Avocado
Banana
Cantaloupe
Guava
Kiwi
Nectarine
Oranges, orange
juice
Papaya
Persimmon
Plantain
Artichoke
Beet, beet
greens
Bok choy
Brussels sprouts
Pumpkin
Spinach
Parsnip
Salt substitute
(No Salt®, Half-Salt®)
Squash
(acorn, butternut, hubbard)
Sweet
potato, yam
Potato
(baked, fries, chips)
Juice(tomato, Clamato®,
V-8®)
(cooked)
Tomato
(canned, cooked, or paste;
½ cup/125 mL sauce)
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