Potassium Content and Exchange Lists ( Diabetic and Renal)

Renal Diabetic Exchange Lists
Alternate values in the table below are derived from the specific Renal Exchange Lists which divide foods into three categories consistent with the Academy "Making Choices: Meal Planning for People with Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3 and 4.¹ The Toolkit addition has potassium fruits/vegetables divided into three categories, low potassium (lK) 0-200, higher potassium (hK) 200-400 (Average 300) and very high potassium (vhK) (400+). When using to estimate dietary intake see the average values for each exchange category in parenthesis.

USDA National Nutrient Database
Available at: USDA National Nutrient Database. Individual food values can be located by searching for a food item, or searching by nutrient within a food category. For example if you are interested in knowing potassium values for cheeses, select the Nutrient List tab, select potassium and then select the food category Dairy. However if you specifically only want to see Cheddar Cheese, use the Food Search feature and select the food item. You can then change the quantity at the top to match the exact amount that you are interested in (1 oz. or 1 slice). It will recalculate the values for that portion size.

Krause Textbook
Krause, 14^th Ed shows potassium foods in Appendix 29 in three categories, Low Potassium (5-150, Medium 150-200 mg and high 250-500 mg. The items in italics below are different from Krause's list since the cut-offs are slightly different and portion sizes may vary the items on the borderline move into a different category.

	Low Potassium (0-200 mg)	Higher Potassium (201-399 mg)	Very High Potassium (400+mg)
Breads/Cereals	(Average 50 mg per exchange average for estimated intake cereals)
Starchy Vegetables	(Average 150 mg per exchange for estimated intake for Starchy Vegetables) Chickpeas/garbanzo beans Corn Hominy Peas, green canned Mixed vegetables with carrots, corn and peas Plantain Potatoes, Instant mashed (made without any milk) Sweet potato	(Average 250 mg per exchange for estimated intake) Artichoke Beans, baked, black, kidney, navy, pinto, butter, lima Cassava Potato boiled (Special prep) French fries - 8 Parsnips Peas Split peas and lentils (cooked and rinsed) Sweet potato or yams Baked potato (1/4 potato only) Yard-long beans Winter squash	(Use 400 mg per exchange for estimated intake) Mixed veg with lima beans Pumpkin Refried beans Concentrated Tomato puree, sauce Sunchoke (Jerusalem artichoke)
Fruits	(Average 150 mg per exchange for estimated intake) Apple, applesauce, and juice Apricot, canned and nectar Blackberries, fresh Blueberries, fresh or frozen Cherries, raw or canned Clementine Cranberries, dried and juice Dates, fresh or dries Figs, fresh Fruit cocktail Grapefruit canned or fresh Grapes and juice Mandarin oranges, canned Mango, raw Peaches and nectar Pear and nectar Pineapple and juice Plums Prunes Raisins Raspberries Rhubarb, frozen, cooked Tangerine V-8 Splash	(Average 250 mg per exchange for estimated intake) Apricots, fresh, dried Banana Honeydew Melon Kiwi Nectarine Orange Papaya Peach Plums Strawberries Watermelon Grapefruit juice, unsweetened Orange juice Prune juice	(Use 420 mg per exchange for estimating intake) Cantaloupe Coconut milk/water (Check labels)
NonStarchy Vegetables	(Average 150 mg per exchange estimating intake) Asparagus Bamboo shoots, canned Beans, green or wax Cabbage, Carrots Cauliflower Eggplant Endive or Escarole Greens (collard, dandelion kale, mustard, turnip, watercress, boiled) Jicama Leeks Okra Onions Pea pods Peppers, Radishes Rutabagas Sauerkraut Spinach (raw) Sprouts Summer squash Tomatoes, raw cherry <5 each Tomato paste (1T) Turnips, cooked Water chestnuts Zucchini (RAW)	(Average 250 mg per exchange for estimating intake) Beets Bok Choy (BOILED) Broccoli, fresh, raw, boiled Brussel sprouts fresh or frozen boiled Celery (cooked) Hearts of Palm Kohlrabi Mushrooms Oriental radish Potato chips Rutabagas Spinach, frozen, boiled Tomato, raw (1 cup) Tomato, canned, juice Turnip, boiled, mashed Vegetable juices (V-8) Zucchini (cooked)	(Use 425 mg per exchange for estimating intake) Avocado Spinach, fresh Bayam (Chinese Spinach – Amaranth leaves Bamboo shoots (RAW) Swiss Chard Tomato puree Tomato sauce
Milk and Dairy NOTE: Regular Diabetic exchanges list 1 c milk while Renal exchanges are 1/2 cup)		(Average 200 mg per 1/2 cup exchange for estimating intake using Renal Exchanges OR Average of 400 per 1 cup for Diabetic Exchanges) Milk and milk products are ~322 to 450 mg per 1 cup Ice cream bars = 150 per bar Ice Cream = 130 per 1/2 cup
Non-Dairy Milk	Nut milks vary- use actual value
Nuts and Nut Butters	(Calculate based on value) Cashews, Pecans, Walnuts	(Calculate using actual value) Almonds and almond butter Peanuts and peanut butter (For Example, Mixed nuts have 200 mg Potassium per oz.)
Meat/Protein	(Use 100 mg per exchange (1 oz.) for estimating intake) Beef, Chicken, Pork, Fish, Eggs Cheese may vary, some is as low as regular meat	Cottage Cheese, Cheese spreads, Processed cheeses
Fat	(Use 10 mg per exchange for estimating intake)
Alternate Carbohydrates	Generally calculate as bread type products at 50 mg per exchange unless containing high potassium ingredients
Other/Condiments	(Calculate at value) Brewed Coffee - ~120 mg/8 oz. Brewed tea - 20-88 mg /8 oz. Soy sauce (1 tsp) = 12-23 (but lite soy sauce is up to 142) Beer = 12 oz. can - 100 mg.	(Calculate at value) Panang Curry Paste Cendol Salt Substitutes

Updated February 13, 2017

Potassium content and Renal Exchange Lists

References

¹Ro L, Munson L. Making Choices:: Meal Planning for Peole with Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3 and 4. Chicago, IL: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; 2015.
²Mahan KL, Raymond JL, eds. Krause's Food and The Nutrition Care Procss. 14th ed. St Louis. Mo: Elsivier Inc; 2017.
³National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Release 28. 2016; https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list. Accessed November 12, 2016, 2016.

Potassium Content and Exchange Lists ( Diabetic and Renal)

Potassium content and Renal Exchange Lists

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