Most nutrient-dense foods
Highest NRF9.3 nutrient density per 100 kcal — most nutrition per calorie.
1. Cucumber, with peel, raw100/100
2. Pepper, banana, raw100/100
3. Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average100/100
4. Oranges, raw, all commercial varieties100/100
5. Tomatoes, raw100/100
6. Coffee, brewed100/100
7. Carrots, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt100/100
8. Spices, pepper, black100/100
9. Tomatoes, grape, raw100/100
10. Tomatoes, red, ripe, cooked, with salt100/100
11. Tea, hot, leaf, black100/100
12. Orange, raw100/100
13. Orange juice, raw (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)100/100
14. Coffee, NS as to type100/100
15. Parsley, fresh100/100
16. Lettuce, raw100/100
17. Broccoli, flower clusters, raw100/100
18. Peppers, bell, green, raw100/100
19. Sweet potato, cooked, boiled, without skin, with salt100/100
20. Coffee, NS as to brewed or instant100/100
21. Orange juice, 100%, NFS100/100
22. Mushrooms, white, raw100/100
23. Broccoli, raw100/100
24. Lettuce, iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw100/100
25. Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate100/100
26. Tomatoes, red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice, no salt added100/100
27. Pineapple, raw, all varieties100/100
28. Vegetable and fruit juice drink, with high vitamin C, light100/100
29. Lettuce, salad with assorted vegetables including tomatoes and/or carrots, no dressing100/100
30. Peppers, sweet, green, raw100/100
31. Applesauce, unsweetened, with added vitamin C100/100
32. Cabbage, common (danish, domestic, and pointed types), freshly harvest, raw100/100
33. Cucumber, peeled, raw100/100
34. Apple juice, with added vitamin C, from concentrate, shelf stable100/100
35. Peppers, bell, red, raw100/100
36. Romaine lettuce, raw100/100
37. Fruit flavored drink, with high vitamin C, diet100/100
38. Fruit flavored drink, diet100/100
39. Vegetables as ingredient in soups100/100
40. Spinach, raw100/100
41. Coffee, espresso100/100
42. Strawberries, raw100/100
43. Lettuce, cos or romaine, raw100/100
44. Celery, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt100/100
45. Lemon, raw100/100
46. Cabbage, common (danish, domestic, and pointed types), stored, raw100/100
47. Coriander (cilantro) leaves, raw100/100
48. Tomato, roma100/100
49. Carrots, baby, raw100/100
50. Radishes, raw100/100
51. Cantaloupe, raw100/100
52. Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt100/100
53. Spices, cinnamon, ground100/100
54. Spices, oregano, dried100/100
55. Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water100/100
56. Pineapple, raw100/100
57. Limes, raw100/100
58. Oranges, raw, navels (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)100/100
59. Beverages, tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water100/100
60. Salad dressing, sweet and sour100/100
61. Peppers, red, cooked100/100
62. Fruit flavored drink, with high vitamin C, powdered, reconstituted, diet100/100
63. Vegetables as ingredient in stews100/100
64. Mushroom, white, exposed to ultraviolet light, raw100/100
65. Lime, raw100/100
66. Peppers, green, cooked100/100
67. Onions, spring or scallions (includes tops and bulb), raw100/100
68. Tomato juice, canned, with salt added100/100
69. Beverages, coffee, brewed, breakfast blend100/100
70. Clementines, raw100/100
71. Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, raw100/100
72. Milk, fluid, nonfat, calcium fortified (fat free or skim)100/100
73. Peas, edible-podded, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt100/100
74. Fruit flavored drink, powdered, reconstituted, diet100/100
75. Green pepper, cooked, as ingredient100/100
76. Sweet potato, cooked, baked in skin, flesh, without salt100/100
77. Spices, chili powder100/100
78. Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate, with added calcium and vitamins A, D, E100/100
79. Mushrooms, brown, italian, or crimini, raw100/100
80. Spices, paprika100/100
81. Cabbage, raw100/100
82. Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened100/100
83. Peppers, sweet, red, raw100/100
84. Sweet potato, cooked, as ingredient100/100
85. Tomato products, canned, sauce, with mushrooms100/100
86. Sweet potato, NFS100/100
87. Kiwifruit (kiwi), green, peeled, raw100/100
88. Peppers, jalapeno, raw100/100
89. Red pepper, cooked, as ingredient100/100
90. Spinach, baby100/100
91. Mango, raw100/100
92. Lettuce, green leaf, raw100/100
93. Asparagus, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt100/100
94. Peppers, bell, yellow, raw100/100
95. Green beans, cooked, as ingredient100/100
96. Peas, green, raw100/100
97. Vegetables, mixed, frozen, unprepared100/100
98. Peppers, jalapeno, seeded, raw100/100
99. Greek Salad, no dressing100/100
100. Beverages, Apple juice drink, light, fortified with vitamin C100/100
Calculated from USDA nutrients — NRF9.3 nutrient density (Drewnowski). Informational only.