Vegetarian foods high in Copper (USDA Foundation)

The copper content in food tells you less than you might think. Plant- based copper binds to compounds like phytates that the body struggles to absorb, while copper in meat and shellfish reaches your bloodstream more readily. A food high on this ranking may deliver significantly less usable copper than the table suggests.

Copper concentrates in organ meats, shellfish, nuts, seeds, and legumes. Most people in industrialised countries get enough from a varied diet without counting it. The Daily Value is 0.9 mg; this threshold was set for deficiency prevention, not for optimal intake across different ages and activity levels.

FDA daily value: 0.9 mg

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Showing 51–100 of 319 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
51 Beans, Dry, Flor de Mayo (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 0.86 mg 96%
52 Sorghum bran, white, unenriched, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.84 mg 93%
53 Lentils, dry Legumes and Legume Products 0.84 mg 93%
54 Chickpeas, (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), dry Legumes and Legume Products 0.80 mg 89%
55 Beans, Dry, Light Red Kidney (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 0.79 mg 87%
56 Beans, Dry, Light Red Kidney (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 0.79 mg 87%
57 Beans, Dry, Cranberry (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 0.76 mg 84%
58 Beans, Dry, Cranberry (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 0.76 mg 84%
59 Beans, cannellini, dry Legumes and Legume Products 0.74 mg 82%
60 Khorasan, grain, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.59 mg 66%
61 Flour, chestnut Nut and Seed Products 0.58 mg 65%
62 Einkorn, grain, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.55 mg 61%
63 Peanut butter, creamy Legumes and Legume Products 0.54 mg 60%
64 Flour, spelt, whole grain Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.53 mg 59%
65 Flour, buckwheat Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.53 mg 59%
66 Flour, amaranth Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.52 mg 58%
67 Millet, whole grain Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.49 mg 54%
68 Wild rice, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.49 mg 54%
69 Flour, quinoa Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.48 mg 54%
70 Buckwheat, whole grain Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.48 mg 53%
71 Farro, pearled, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.47 mg 52%
72 Peanuts, raw Legumes and Legume Products 0.46 mg 51%
73 Flour, whole wheat, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.45 mg 50%
74 Nuts, macadamia nuts, raw Nut and Seed Products 0.45 mg 50%
75 Flour, oat, whole grain Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.44 mg 49%
76 Oats, whole grain, rolled, old fashioned Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.43 mg 48%
77 Peanut butter, smooth style, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 0.42 mg 47%
78 Oats, whole grain, steel cut Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.41 mg 46%
79 Flour, barley Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.39 mg 44%
80 Mushrooms, white button Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.39 mg 43%
81 Mushrooms, white button Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.39 mg 43%
82 Bulgur, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.38 mg 42%
83 Fonio, grain, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.36 mg 40%
84 Hummus, commercial Legumes and Legume Products 0.35 mg 39%
85 Flour, rye Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.34 mg 38%
86 Beans, black, canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.34 mg 37%
87 Mushroom, crimini Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.32 mg 36%
88 Sorghum, whole grain, white, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.30 mg 33%
89 Tomato, paste, canned, without salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.29 mg 33%
90 Beans, navy, canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.29 mg 32%
91 Figs, dried, uncooked Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.29 mg 32%
92 Figs, dried, uncooked Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.29 mg 32%
93 Flour, rice, brown Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.29 mg 32%
94 Flour, semolina, fine Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.29 mg 32%
95 Avocado, Hass, peeled, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.28 mg 32%
96 Blackeye pea, canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.28 mg 32%
97 Mushroom, pioppini Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.28 mg 31%
98 Beans, kidney, dark red, canned, sodium added, sugar added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.27 mg 30%
99 Mushroom, maitake Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.27 mg 30%
100 Beans, kidney, light red, canned, sodium added, sugar added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.27 mg 30%

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