Foods highest in Selenium per 100 g (USDA)
The USDA food records with the most selenium per 100 g, with the share of the 55 µg Daily Value.
- Unit:
- µg per 100 g
- Daily Value:
- 55 µg
- Datasets:
- Foundation Foods, SR Legacy and FNDDS
Selenium is a trace element built into antioxidant enzymes and thyroid hormone metabolism. USDA reports it in micrograms as an element. The Daily Value is 55 µg.
Brazil nuts stand far above every other food, with organ meats, fish, shellfish and some seeds following. Plant foods vary with the selenium content of the soil they grew in, so a single record is an average that can differ a lot from a given batch.
Top 100 foods by Selenium per 100 g
12,451 of 13,621 Normal catalog records report this nutrient (Foundation Foods: 155/397 · SR Legacy: 6,865/7,793 · FNDDS: 5,431/5,431). Records without a value are not ranked.
How to read this ranking
A single Brazil nut can exceed the Daily Value, so amounts matter more than for most nutrients. Plant values are strongly soil-dependent and should be read as typical, not exact.
Values are USDA amounts per 100 g of edible portion, ordered as reported; this is information, not dietary advice. Methodology