Don’t believe us? According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in 100 grams of skinless, boneless, cooked chicken breast, you’ll find 343 milligrams of potassium. This equates to an approximately 3.5-ounce serving. How does this compare to another powerhouse potassium source: the banana? While the same 100-gram serving of raw banana takes the cake for potassium content over our cooked chicken, it’s not by much. Rather, you’ll find only 15 milligrams more of potassium in this sunflower-yellow fruit (via USDA).
If you opt for canned chicken, however, you’ll be cutting that potassium content by more than half. Instead of the 343 milligrams found in cooked chicken breast, the same 100-gram serving of canned chicken with no broth contains only 153 milligrams of potassium (via USDA). With 359 milligrams of potassium found in the same-size serving of raw banana, the fruit really comes out on top when compared to canned chicken.