food and drinks with low potassium content

Last reviewed 07/2021

Food and drinks with lower relative potassium content (1):

Drinks

• all fizzy drinks, cordials and squashes, tea, fruit tea, spirits

Fruit

• apples, pears, tinned Fruit (drained of juice)

Vegetables

• all boiled vegetables, onion, carrot, turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, cucumber, celery

Sweets

• boiled sweets, mints, fruit pastels, chewing gum, jam, honey, syrup

Snacks

• snacks made from wheat, corn or rice (e.g. Doritos, Wotsits, Skips), popcorn

Potatoes and alternatives

• boiled potatoes. rice, pasta, noodles, bread

Reference:

• (1) Renal diet information from Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, www.edren.org