About this page: Data is drawn from Nutriofia's structured database of published sources (CoFID, USDA, and published analytical literature). The coverage bar shows what percentage of our 1126 foods have been measured for Chloride. This is a research tool — nothing here constitutes medical advice.

About Chloride

Micronutrient

Chloride is the main anion in extracellular fluid and works in tandem with sodium to maintain fluid balance, blood pressure, and electrical neutrality across cell membranes. It is a component of stomach acid (hydrochloric acid, HCl), which is essential for protein digestion and killing pathogens. Almost all dietary chloride comes from sodium chloride (salt).

⚠️ Too little

Hypochloraemia is rare from diet alone. It can occur with severe vomiting, diarrhoea, or excessive sweating. Symptoms include muscle cramps, weakness, and metabolic alkalosis.

🚫 Too much

Excess chloride is not of independent concern — the health risks of excess salt are attributed to sodium rather than chloride specifically.

Sources: EFSA · LPI Oregon State

Daily Reference Intake

EU NRV (adults)
800 mg
Nutrient Reference Value
per European Regulation 1169/2011
Best plant source (per 100g)
59,9 mg
Salt
= 7488% of daily NRV
Unit
mg
Measurement unit
used in our database

Foods Containing Chloride

743 foods with recorded data, ranked highest first. Showing 701–743 of 743. Values per 100g fresh weight.

# Food Per 100g % NRV Level
★ Mandarin oranges, canned in juice, whole contents 2 mg 0%
★ Beans, pigeon peas, dahl, dried, boiled in unsalted water 2 mg 0%
★ Cider, low alcohol 2 mg 0%
4 Beans, pigeon peas, whole, dried, boiled in unsalted water 2 mg 0%
5 Kidney Beans (Red) 2 mg 0%
6 Pomelo, flesh only, weighed with peel and pips 2 mg 0%
7 Navy Beans (Haricot) 2 mg 0%
8 Beans, haricot, whole, dried, raw 2 mg 0%
9 Pomegranate, flesh and pips 2 mg 0%
10 Lychees, flesh only, raw, weighed with skin and stone 2 mg 0%
11 Apricots, stewed without sugar 2 mg 0%
12 Apricots, stewed without sugar, weighed with stones 2 mg 0%
13 Plums, Victoria, flesh and skin, raw 2 mg 0%
14 Mango, unripe, green flesh, raw 2 mg 0%
15 Coffee, infusion, weak 2 mg 0%
16 Haricot/Navy Beans 2 mg 0%
17 Cheese, Stilton 1.87 mg 0%
18 Cheese spread, plain 1.43 mg 0%
19 Cheese, Parmesan 1.19 mg 0%
20 Apples, eating, dried 1 mg 0%
21 Pears, Nashi, flesh and skin, raw 1 mg 0%
22 Pears, Nashi, flesh and skin, raw, weighed with core 1 mg 0%
23 Prunes, flesh and skin, stewed without sugar, weighed with stones 1 mg 0%
24 Beans, haricot, canned, re-heated, drained 1 mg 0%
25 Tea, black, infusion, weak 1 mg 0%
26 Tea, black, infusion, average 1 mg 0%
27 Pomegranate seeds (arils) 1 mg 0%
28 Coffee, instant, made up with water 1 mg 0%
29 Lemon juice, fresh, weighed as whole fruit 1 mg 0%
30 Pomegranate, flesh and pips, weighed with skin 1 mg 0%
31 Tea, black, infusion, strong 1 mg 0%
32 Prunes, flesh and skin, stewed without sugar 1 mg 0%
33 Beans, haricot, whole, dried, boiled in unsalted water 1 mg 0%
34 Cheese, Red Leicester 0.89 mg 0%
35 Cheese, Mozzarella 0.87 mg 0%
36 Cheese, Wensleydale 0.71 mg 0%
37 Bicarbonate of soda 0 mg 0%
38 Bagels, plain 0 mg 0%
39 Tofu (Firm, Plain) 0 mg 0%
40 Water, distilled 0 mg 0%
41 Mushrooms, closed cup, raw 0 mg 0%
42 Flaxseed (linseed), ground 0 mg 0%
43 Chia seeds, dried 0 mg 0%

* Values are per 100g fresh weight. % NRV = percentage of EU Nutrient Reference Value. Bar shows relative level compared to the highest value across all foods in the database.

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Data sources: Standard nutrients: McCance & Widdowson's Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), Public Health England. EU Nutrient Reference Values: Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 (Annex XIII). All values per 100g fresh weight unless stated. Nothing here constitutes medical advice. Nutriofia database · Argarth Collective Ltd · Company No. 16864945.