Foods that contain potassium (K+)
Your dietitian will discuss with you your potassium allowance per day. Below is a detailed
list of foods that contain potassium, use this as a guide to help you stay within your
allowance. Your dietitian will explain its importance and how many serves from each food
group you need to meet your requirements.
points (mmols) per day.
Your potassium allowance is
Fruit
Have two serves of fruit per day. Choose options with 5 points (mmols) or less. If buying
tinned fruit, choose fruit in syrup, not juice, and drain as much syrup as possible.
Fruit
Amount
Custard apple
Banana
Nectarine (unpeeled)
Vegetable juice (not tomato)
Fruit medley – dried
Grapefruit
Pineapple – fresh
Mango
Peach
Kiwi fruit
Nashi pear
Olive – green, raw
Raisins
Tomato juice
Apple
Apricot
Dried apricot
Orange
Orange / orange mango / pineapple juice
Boysenberry – canned
Fig – dried
Grapes – green and black
Honeydew melon
Mango – canned
Pear
Prunes
Rockmelon
Apple juice, apple blackcurrant juice
Apricots – canned
Blackberries
Dried apple ring
Fruit salad – canned
‘Fruit drink’ (eg popper)
Grape juice, grapefruit juice
Guava
Guava – stewed
Lemon
Mandarin
½ whole
1 medium
1 medium
½ cup
¼ cup
1 medium
1 slice (>2.4cm thick)
½ medium
1 medium
1 whole
1 whole
¼ cup
¼ cup
½ cup
1 medium
1 whole
4 pieces
1 medium
½ cup
½ cup
1 whole
20 whole
½ cup (diced)
½ cup of slices (110g)
1 whole
3 prunes
½ cup (diced)
½ cup
2 whole
½ cup
4 rings
½ cup
1 cup (250ml)
½ cup
1 whole
½ cup
1 whole
1 medium
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Potassium points
(mmols)
10
9
9
9
8
8
8
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Revised: Apr 2012
For review: Apr 2014
Fruit
Amount
Olive – black
Paw paw
Pineapple – canned
Plum (5cm diameter)
Apple – canned, diced
Cherries
Cranberry juice
Cranberries – stewed
Lychee – canned
Peach – canned
Pear – canned
Raspberries
Rhubarb – stewed
Strawberries
Watermelon
Blueberries
Lychee – fresh
Passionfruit
Plum - canned
½ cup (whole olives)
½ cup (cubed)
½ cup
1 whole
½ cup
5
1 cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
2 halves
½ cup
½ cup
5 medium
½ cup diced
½ cup
1
1
1 plum
Potassium points
(mmols)
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
Vegetables
Have four serves of vegetables per day. Choose options with 5 points (mmols) or less.
Peel and boil vegetables where possible.
Vegetables
Amount
Potato – mashed
English spinach - cooked
Pumpkin - baked
Potato – boiled
Potato - baked with or without skin
Sweet potato - baked
Tomato
Artichoke
Baked beans
Coleslaw – commercial (with dressing)
Mushroom supreme – canned
Parsnip
Potato salad
Soy beans
Turnip
Avocado
Potato – boiled
Pumpkin - boiled
Kidney beans - red
Okra
Swede
Sweet potato – boiled
Tomato puree
Tomato paste
Broccoli
Brussel sprouts
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup pieces
½ cup pieces
½ med (equiv to ~ ½ cup pieces)
½ cup pieces
1 medium
½ cup
½ cup
1 cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
¼ whole (60g)
½ medium
½ cup pieces
½ cup
½ cup (from fresh)
½ cup
½ cup pieces
¼ cup
1 tablespoon
½ cup florets
2 sprouts
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Potassium points
(mmols)
12
10
9
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
5
4
4
Revised: Apr 2012
For review: Apr 2014
Vegetables
Amount
Cauliflower
Carrot
2 florets (5cm diameter)
½ cup
Corn – cream style, canned
Leek
Radish
Silverbeet
Squash – button
Salad, green without dressing
Snowpeas
Tomato – canned
Mixed vegetables – canned
Asparagus – fresh
Bean – green, fresh or canned
Bean sprout
Cabbage
Choko
Corn – canned
Eggplant
Onion
Peas – frozen or canned
Tomato
Tomato sauce
Zucchini
Asparagus – canned
Beetroot – canned
Capsicum
Carrot – baby, canned
Celery
Cucumber
Lettuce
Mushroom – raw
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
1 cup
10 snowpeas
½ cup
½ cup
2 medium spears
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup (when raw)
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
3 thin slices
1 tablespoon
½ cup
2 spears
3 slice
2 rings
½ cup
3 strips (10cm long)
8 slices
2 leaves
1 medium
Potassium points
(mmols)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Breads and Cereals
Have at least five serves of breads and cereals per day. Choose lower potassium options
where possible.
Breads and cereals
Amount
Breads
English muffin, fruit
Bread, Pumpernickel
Bread, fruit loaf
Bread, multigrain
Bread, Wholemeal
Bread, dark rye
Bread roll, white
Chapati
Croissant
English muffin, white
Scone, plain
Scone, fruit
1 muffin
1 slice
1 slice
1 slices
1 slice
1 slices
1 medium roll
1 chapati (35g)
1 med (67g)
1 muffin
1 scone (35g)
1 scone (34g)
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Potassium points
(mmol)
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Revised: Apr 2012
For review: Apr 2014
Breads and cereals
Amount
Bread, white
Crumpet, white
Pikelet
Pancake, Plain
Breakfast Cereals
All bran
Just Right
Sultana Bran
Muesli
Weet bix
Oats
Nutrigrain
Wheat bran (unprocessed)
Wheatgerm
Rice bubbles
Cornflakes
Oats
Puffed wheat
Special K
Rice, Pasta, Noodles, Biscuits
Pasta in meat/tomato based sauce
Pasta (cooked)
Pasta in cream sauce
Pasta in tomato sauce
Rice, Brown (cooked)
Barley, pearl (boiled)
Shapes
Noodles, (instant)
Rice cake
Sao
Water cracker
Wholemeal crispbread
Rice, white (cooked)
Cous cous
Noodles (egg)
Semolina
Noodles (rice)
Flours
Flour, wholemeal plain
Flour white self raising
Flour, white, plain
Flour, corn flour
Flour, arrowroot
1 slice
1 round
1 pikelet (35g)
1 pancake ~13cm diameter
Potassium points
(mmol)
1
1
1
1
1 cup
1 cup
1 cup
½ cup
3 biscuits
½ cup (raw)
1 cup
1 Tablespoon
1 Tablespoon
1 cup
1 cup
½ cup (cooked)
1 cup
1 cup
16
10
7
6
4
4
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
2 rice cakes
2 biscuits
8 biscuits
2 biscuits
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
1 cup
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0.5
0.5
0.5
0
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
2 tspn
½ cup
6
3
3
0
0
Dairy products
Have at least two serves of reduced fat dairy products per day. Choose lower potassium
options where possible.
Dairy products
Amount
Condensed milk
½ cup
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Potassium points
(mmols)
18
Revised: Apr 2012
For review: Apr 2014
Evaporated Milk
Frozen yoghurt - fruit
Yoghurt – plain
Yoghurt – fruit
Soy milk
Milk powder, whole, dry
Buttermilk
Fruche
Milkshake - chocolate
Custard (full cream or low fat)
Milk
Ice Cream
Creamed Rice
Soy yoghurt
Cheese – cheddar, mozzarella, swiss
Cheese – ricotta, cottage
Cream – pure
Rice Milk (So good)
Sour Cream
Cream cheese
½ cup
200g (1 tub)
200g (1 tub)
200 g (1 tub)
1 cup (250ml)
¼ cup
½ cup
200g (1 tub)
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
200g (1tub)
2 slices
2 Tablespoon
2 Tablespoon
1 cup (250ml)
2 Tablespoon
2 teaspoon
13
12
12
10
8
8
7
6
6
5
5
5
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
0.3
Meat Products
Your dietitian will discuss with you how many meat serves you need and appropriate
options for you to meet your requirements. Choose lean meat and lower potassium options
where possible.
Meat products
Amount
Fish (snapper)
Fish (cod, flake)
Salmon (cooked)`
Tuna (cooked)
Fish (whiting, perch, bream)
Pork
Mince (beef)
Brains
Liver
Sardines (tinned, in tomato sauce)
Beef
Lamb
Turkey
Veal
Bacon (cooked)
Lobster
Prawn
Sardines (tinned, in water)
Salmon (tinned)
Calamari
Corned Beef (tinned)
Chicken
Scallops
Tuna (tinned)
120g
120g
120g
120g
120g
100g
100g
1 cup
1 cup
1 tin (120g)
100g
100g
100g
100g
2 Rashers (60g)
120g
8 King Prawns (120g)
1 tin (120g)
1 small can
6 calamari rings (120g)
100g
100g
8 scallops (120g)
1 small can (95g)
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Potassium points
(mmols)
20
16
16
16
12
12
12
11
10
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
6
6
4
4
4
4
Revised: Apr 2012
For review: Apr 2014
Meat products
Amount
Fish Finger
Oyster
Ham
Egg
Salami
Crab
Tripe
2 fish fingers
4 Oysters, natural
2 thin slices (40g)
2 small eggs
2 slices
1 cup (120g)
1 cup
Potassium points
(mmols)
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
Meat Alternatives
Choose lower potassium options where possible.
Meat Alternatives
Amount
Almonds, blanched
Baked beans
Cashews, roasted
Peanuts, raw
Four Bean Mix (tinned, drained)
Lentil (tinned, drained)
Macadamia, raw
Sunflower seeds
Peanut Butter
Chickpea (tinned, drained)
Sesame seeds
Tofu
1
/3 cup
½ cup
1
/3 cup
1
/3 cup
1
/3 cup
1
/3 cup
1
/3 cup
¼ cup
1 Tablespoon
½ cup
¼ cup
90g
Potassium points
(mmol)
9
8
7
7
6
5
4
4
4
3
2
1
Extra foods
These are treat foods and most are high in fat, sugar and/or salt, therefore should be
limited. Choose lower potassium options where possible and aim for 5 points (mmols) or
less per day.
Extra foods
Savoury foods
Canned or homemade soup
Potato crisps
Potato chips - hot fried
Sausage roll
Meat pie
Corn chips
Condiments/sauces
Worcestershire sauce
Peanut butter
Vegemite / Marmite
Tomato sauce
Barbeque sauce
Brown sugar
Cocoa powder
Curry powder
Golden syrup
Amount
Potassium points
(mmols)
1 cup
50g (½ regular packet)
1 cup
1 roll
1 individual (170g)
50g (½ regular packet)
15
15
12
6
5
2
1 Tablespoon
1 Tablespoon
1 teaspoon
1 Tablespoon
1 Tablespoon
4 teaspoons
1 teaspoon
2 teaspoons
1 teaspoon
7
4
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
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Revised: Apr 2012
For review: Apr 2014
Extra foods
Amount
Gravy powder
Oyster sauce
Soy sauce
Drinks
Iced coffee
Beer – stout
Cider – alcoholic, draught
Coffee – cappuccino, latte, espresso
Beer
Coffee - black, from ground, regular or decaf
Wine – red
Coffee - black, from instant, regular
Wine – white or rose
Bonox / Bovril
Chocolate topping
Coffee - black, from instant, decaf
Milo, Ovaltine, drinking chocolate
Sherry - sweet
Wine – sparkling, de-alcoholised
Spirit: Vodka, whiskey
Tang
Sweet foods
Carob - plain
Liquorice
Fruit based bar with yoghurt
Fruit and nut biscuit
Cheese cake
Chocolate - milk
Coconut - desiccated
Creamed Rice
Molasses
Muesli bar - chocolate coated
Treacle
Chocolate cake
Chocolate – white and dark
Cream filled choc coated biscuit
Lamington
Fruit cake
Muesli bar – plain (no yogurt or chocolate)
Caramels
Cream biscuit
Cream biscuit with choc flavour
Carrot cake
Sponge cake
Swiss roll
Shortbread
Oatmeal
Jam filled
Scotch finger
1 ½ Tablespoon (25g)
1 Tablespoon
1 Tablespoon
Potassium points
(mmols)
1
1
1
1 cup (250ml)
1 stubby (375ml)
1 bottle (375 mls)
1 coffee cup (180 mls)
1 stubby (375ml)
1 coffee cup (180 mls)
1 wine glass (150mls)
1 coffee cup (180 mls)
1 wine glass (150mls)
1 teaspoon (8g)
1 Tablespoon
1 coffee cup (180mls)
2 teaspoons (5g)
1 sherry glass (55mls)
1 wine glass (150mls)
30ml nip
1 cup (250ml)
12
6
5
5
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
4 pieces (4x4cm, 2mm thick)
20g
1 bar (52g)
2 biscuits
60g
4 squares or 1 funsize
¼ cup
½ cup
1 teaspoon
1 bar (32g)
1 teaspoon
1 slice (40g)
4 squares or 1 funsize
2 biscuits
2 fingers
1 slice (40g)
1 bar (28g)
30g (4 pieces)
2 biscuits
2 biscuits
1 slice (40g)
1 slice (40g)
1 small individual
2 biscuits
2 biscuits
2 biscuits
2 biscuits
5
5
5
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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Disclaimer: http://www.health.qld.gov.au/masters/copyright.asp
Revised: Apr 2012
For review: Apr 2014