| Dietary Group | Moderate (51-150 mg)/ 100gms | High (> 150 mg)/100 gms |
| Cereals and pulses | Rice bran | Ragi (kodo) |
| Bengal gram (chana), dal | Bengal gram (chana), whole | |
| Bengal gram (chana), roasted | Black gram (urad) dal | |
| Cow pea (lobia) | Horse gram (kulthi), whole | |
| Field bean, dry | Moth beans | |
| Green gram (moong), whole | Red kidney beans (rajmah) | |
| Green gram (moong), dal | Soyabean | |
| Lentil (masoor dal) | ||
| Khesari dal | ||
| Dry peas | ||
| Red gram (arhar/tur) dal | ||
| Leafy vegetables | Ambat chuka (khatti palak) | Amaranth, tender (chaulai) |
| Spinach (palak) | Beet greens (chukandar ka saag) | |
| Bathua leaves | Bengal gram leaves (chana sag) | |
| Ipomoea leaves (kalmi sag) | Cauliflower greens | |
| Paruppu keerai (kulfa) | Celery leaves | |
| Susni sag | Cococasia (arvi) leaves (fresh as well as dried) | |
| Tamarind leaves, tender | Coriander leaves | |
| Fetid cassia (chakunda) | ||
| Curry leaves | ||
| Fenugreek (methi) leaves | ||
| Mint leaves | ||
| Mustard (sarson) leaves | ||
| Parsley | ||
| Pumpkin leaves | ||
| Radish leaves | ||
| Rape leaves | ||
| Turnip greens | ||
| Other vegetables | Cluster beans (guar-ki-phalli) | Field beans (kulthi), tender |
| Ladies finger | Lotus stem (kamal gatta), dry | |
| Water chestnut (singhara), dry | ||
| Nuts and oilseeds | Pistachio (pista) | Almond (badam) |
| Walnut (akhrot) | Coconut, dry | |
| Water melon seeds | Gingelly (til) seeds | |
| Mustard seeds (rai) | ||
| Piyal seeds (chironji) | ||
| Spices and condiments | Cardamom (elachi) | All the major spices |
| Nutmeg, fruit | Tamarind pulp | |
| Fruits | Bael fruit | |
| Apricot, dry | ||
| Currants, black | ||
| Dates, dried | ||
| Figs | ||
| Lemon sweet | ||
| Lime | ||
| Mulberry | ||
| Phalsa | ||
| Raisins | ||
| Wood apple | ||
| Fishes/seafood | Anchovy | All the other fishes except catfish and lobsters |
| Ghol | ||
| Rohu | ||
| Puti | ||
| Singhala | ||
| Surmai | ||
| Milk and milk products | Cow’s milk | Buffalo’s milk |
| Curds (cow’s milk) | Paneer (cow’s milk) | |
| Skimmed milk | Cheese | |
| Khoa | ||
| Skimmed milk powder | ||
| Whole milk powder | ||
| Meat and poultry | Egg | Snail (ghoongha) |
| Finch (bageri) |
