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Potassium
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This page provides explanation (overview, effects and efficacy) about Potassium. Additionally, we are introducing of crops rich in Potassium. You can check what kind of crop (food) contains Potassium most. Also, you can see all the nutritional components and nutritional value of the agricultural product by clicking the link of the title of the grain, vegetables, fruits etc in the list.

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Explanation (overview and effects) about [potassium]

Main effect of Potassium (K)

Maintains and adjusts heart function and muscle function.

Releases the sodium (that is taken excessively) outside the body, and lowers blood pressure.

Helps to cure allergies.

Quotation (translated by JapanCROPs):Hokuriku Regional Agricultural Administration Office, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan - homepage http://www.maff.go.jp/hokuriku/kids/tanken/food01-5.html

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Crops rich in [potassium] (Per 100g edible portion)

Usage / Notes

The target crops here are the 57 crops which are covered in "Crop Statistical Survey" that is conducted by Japanese government.
- Rice and wheat
- Vegetables (41 items in total) - 14 items of Japanese government designated vegetables and 27 semi-designated vegetables. + Fruits (14 items in total)
  Daikon radish Turnip Carrot Burdock Lotus root Chinese cabbage Mizuna Komatsuna Cabbage Spinach Welsh onion Japanese butterbur Japanese honeywort Crowndaisy Leek Celery Asparagus Cauliflower Broccoli Lettuce Qinggengcai Cucumber Pumpkin Eggplant Tomato Bell pepper Green pea Green soybean Potato Taro Japanese yam Onion Garlic Ginger Ume Citrus unshiu Apple Japanese pear Western pear Persimmon Loquat Peach Plum Cherry Grape Chestnut Strawberry Melon Watermelon Pineapple Kiwifruit Sweet corn String bean Podded pea Broad bean
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Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 1 690(mg)

Spinach, leaves, all season, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 2 640(mg)

Taro, "Satoimo", corm, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 3 590(mg)

Soybeans, immature*, raw ［*Syn. Green soybeans］

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 4 510(mg)

Chinese chive, leaves, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 5 510(mg)

Carrots, cultivar for leaf use, leaves, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 6 510(mg)

Garlic, bulb, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 7 500(mg)

Japanese hornwort, "Ito-mitsuba" (young plants), leaves, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 8 500(mg)

Spinach mustard, "Komatsuna", leaves, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 9 490(mg)

Lettuce, green leaf lettuce, leaves, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 10 480(mg)

Leaf green, "Mizuna", leaves, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 11 470(mg)

Common wheat, whole grain, domestic, medium-strength, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 12 460(mg)

Garland chrysanthemum, leaves, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 13 450(mg)

Pumpkin and squash, winter squash*, fruit, raw ［*Syn. Pumpkin］

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 14 440(mg)

Broad beans, immature beans, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 15 440(mg)

East Indian lotus root, rhizome, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 16 430(mg)

Yam, Chinese yam, "Nagaimo", tuberous root, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 17 420(mg)

Chestnuts, Japanese chestnuts, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 18 410(mg)

Potatoes, tuber, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 19 410(mg)

Cauliflower, inflorescence, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 20 410(mg)

Lettuce, red leaf lettuce, leaves, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 21 410(mg)

Celery, petiole, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 22 400(mg)

Japanese radishes, Daikon, leaves, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 23 360(mg)

Broccoli, inflorescence, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 24 350(mg)

Muskmelon, open culture, green flesh type, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 25 340(mg)

Muskmelon, greenhouse culture, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 26 340(mg)

Peas, green peas, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 27 330(mg)

Japanese butterbur, petiole, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 28 320(mg)

Edible burdock, root, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 29 300(mg)

Carrot, regular (European type), root with skin, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 30 290(mg)

Corn, sweet corn, immature kernels, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 31 290(mg)

Tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, fruit, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 32 290(mg)

Kiwifruit, green flesh type, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 33 280(mg)

Turnip, root, with skin, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 34 270(mg)

Carrot, regular (European type), root without skin, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 35 270(mg)

Asparagus, green, shoots, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 36 270(mg)

Ginger, mature rhizome, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 37 260(mg)

Green bok choy, leaves, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 38 260(mg)

Sweet cherries, imported from the U.S.A., raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 39 260(mg)

Welsh onions, "Ha-negi" (large variety, green), leaves, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 40 260(mg)

Kidney beans, "Sayaingen", immature pods, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 41 260(mg)

Lettuce, head lettuce, crisp type, hydroculture, head, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 42 250(mg)

Turnip, root, without skin, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 43 240(mg)

Mume*, raw ［*Syn. Japanese apricots］

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 44 230(mg)

Japanese radishes, Daikon, root with skin, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 45 230(mg)

Japanese radishes, Daikon, root without skin, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 46 230(mg)

Rice, paddy rice, brown rice, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 47 220(mg)

Eggplant*, Japanese type, fruit, raw ［*Syn. Aubergine］

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 48 220(mg)

Chinese cabbage, head, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 49 210(mg)

Tomatoes, fruit, raw

Potassium - nutritional value included - crop (food) 50 210(mg)

Sweet cherries, domestic, raw

Source: [STANDARD TABLES OF FOOD COMPOSITION IN JAPAN - 2015 - (Seventh Revised Edition)](which is published by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
[http://www.mext.go.jp/]

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