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Table 2: List of foods high in selenium content.

Selenium food sourcesSelenium content (µg/ 100 g food)
Mollusks, oyster, eastern, wild, raw 63.69
Fish, swordfish, cooked, dry heat 61.70
Fish, swordfish, cooked, dry heat 61.65
Chicken, broilers or fryers, giblets, cooked, simmered 59.59
Fish, herring, Atlantic, pickled 58.55
Fish, flatfish (flounder and sole species), cooked, dry heat 58.24
Fish, flatfish (flounder and sole species), cooked, dry heat 58.19
Braunschweiger (a liver sausage), pork 58.02
Turkey, all classes, giblets, cooked, simmered, some giblet fat 57.93
Fish, ocean perch, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat 55.53
Fish, sardine, Atlantic, canned in oil, drained solids with bone 52.67
Pork, fresh, leg (ham), whole, separable lean only, cooked, roasted 49.88
Bread stuffing, bread, dry mix, prepared 49.80
Mollusks, clam, mixed species, canned, drained solids 48.59
Fast foods, fish sandwich, with tartar sauce and cheese 48.42
Crustaceans, shrimp, mixed species, canned 47.50
Fish, tuna, yellowfin, fresh, cooked, dry heat 46.82
Fish, cod, Pacific, cooked, dry heat 46.82
Fish, halibut, Atlantic and Pacific, cooked, dry heat 46.82
Fish, rockfish, Pacific, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 46.82
Fish, halibut, Atlantic and Pacific, cooked, dry heat 46.79
Fish, rockfish, Pacific, mixed species, cooked, dry heat 46.78
Waffles, plain, prepared from recipe 46.27
Pork, fresh, leg (ham), whole, separable lean and fat, cooked, roasted 45.29
Oat bran, raw 45.21
Pork, fresh, loin, center loin (chops), bone-in, separable lean and fat, cooked, broiled 44.35