Chloride is a mineral that arrives in the diet mostly as part of salt (sodium chloride), so salted and processed foods show the highest figures. This page sets out what may be said about chloride under the authorised UK wording and which foods carry the most of it per 100 g.
Chloride is a mineral that arrives in the diet mostly as part of salt (sodium chloride), so salted and processed foods show the highest figures.
The reference intake used on UK labels (the NRV) is 800 mg a day. A food is a source of chloride when 100 g carries at least 15 % of that (120 mg) and high in chloride at 30 % (240 mg). Those are the thresholds every food page here uses.
What Chloride does in the body.
Chloride contributes to normal digestion by production of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
Chloride contributes to normal digestion by production of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
That is the authorised wording, and it is credited to the nutrient itself. Nothing on this page goes beyond it.
How much counts as a source.
The Nutrient Reference Value for chloride on UK labels is 800 mg a day. A food counts as a source of chloride at 15 % of that per 100 g (120 mg) and as high in chloride at 30 % (240 mg); drinks use half those percentages per 100 ml. Those are the thresholds every food page here applies, and the only basis on which a food page says “source of” or “high in”.
Foods with the most chloride, per 100 g.
Per 100 g, these are the foods in the database with the most chloride. Dishes and recipes are left out so the list shows single foods.
1375 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for White fish, dried, salted.
1138 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Anchovies, canned in oil, drained.
1040 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Salted fish, Chinese, bones removed, steamed.
1025 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Soy sauce, light and dark varieties.
934 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Sauce, dry, casserole mix.
755 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Shrimps, dried.
731 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Shrimps, boiled.
519 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Prawns, standard, dried.
468 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Curry paste.
365 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Eggs, duck, boiled and salted.
348 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Salami.
334 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Cheese, Roquefort.
330 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Ham, gammon joint, boiled.
329 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Bacon rashers, streaky, fried in corn oil.
329 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Bacon rashers, streaky, grilled.
326 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Worcestershire sauce.
325 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Bacon rashers, back, dry-fried.
325 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Bacon rashers, back, grilled crispy.
311 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Pork, trotters and tails, boiled with added salt.
298 % of the NRV per 100 g. Full nutrition facts for Salami snack.
Where Chloride comes from in food.
white fish (11000 mg), anchovies (9100 mg), salted fish (8320 mg), soy sauce (8200 mg), dry sauce (7470 mg), shrimps (6040 mg), prawns (4153 mg), curry paste (3740 mg)
Chloride in the Immufix formula.
Chloride is not one of the nutrients declared on the Immufix label. The declared list is on The Science page.
Questions people ask.
Under UK labelling rules a food is a source of chloride at 15 % of the NRV per 100 g, which is 120 mg, and high in chloride at 30 %, which is 240 mg.
Where the numbers come from.
Food figures from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID, 2021), per 100 g; reference values from Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; claim wording from GB nutrition and health claims register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. All foods A to Z.
One scoop, every nutrient declared.
Every vitamin and mineral in Immufix, its amount per scoop and its share of the reference intake, is on The Science page.
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