About NutrientChart
NutrientChart.com is a free reference that ranks foods by nutrient content using the U.S. Department of Agriculture's FoodData Central database. It answers questions like "which foods are high in potassium?" or "is kale or spinach more nutritious?" with numbers, per real serving, and shows exactly where every number came from.
What is here
- Foods high in…: 30 nutrients, each with 1,677 whole foods ranked per common serving and broken out by food group.
- Nutrition facts for 122 common foods, with %DV per serving, per 100 g and per ounce, variants (raw, cooked, canned) and where the food ranks for each nutrient.
- Comparisons of two foods, nutrient by nutrient, with the winner highlighted.
- Healthiest by category: bread, cereal, cheese, fast food, energy drinks, protein bars, milk, fruit, vegetables and nuts ranked by a published nutrient-density index.
- Guides that rank foods for a goal (anti-inflammatory nutrient profile, electrolytes, iron for vegetarians, nutrient density) with the formula on the page.
Who makes it
NutrientChart is an independent, data-driven reference site. The pages are generated by software from the USDA datasets described on the data sources page; no page is written by hand and no page is sponsored by a food, supplement or diet company. We are not affiliated with the USDA. The site is funded by display advertising.
What it is not
It is not medical or dietary advice. Daily Values are population reference amounts, not personal targets; people with kidney disease, on blood thinners, pregnant, or managing a medical condition should get individual advice from a clinician or registered dietitian. Nutrient-density and inflammatory-profile scores are mathematical summaries of a food's nutrient content, described in full on the methodology page; they are not health ratings.
Corrections
If a value looks wrong, the first place to check is the USDA record linked at the bottom of each food page. If the site disagrees with USDA, or a serving size or exclusion rule produces a misleading result, email info@nutrientchart.com with the page URL and we will fix it and note the change here.