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

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