Potassium - Change History

Fact Sheet for Consumers

June 2, 2022

View change — Revised wording to reflect current scientific consensus that obesity is a disease.

May 27, 2022

Revised potassium values for apricots and prunes in Table 2.

March 26, 2021

Updated the Daily Value text, linked to the new edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and updated the associated text.

June 3, 2020

Updated the link to the Dietary Supplement Label Database.

March 2, 2020

Updated Sources of Potassium to reflect the new Daily Value and the new Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts Labels.

July 9, 2019

Updated the link to USDA’s FoodData Central.

March 5, 2019

Revised text and Table 1 to reflect the 2019 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine expert committee DRI updates.

August 20, 2018

Revised the footnote in Table 2 to acknowledge the updated Nutrition and Supplement Facts labels and how the potassium Daily Value will change on these labels.