Red meat and poultry dominate this ranking because their iron binds easily to the proteins that carry oxygen through your blood. Animal tissues contain haem iron, the form your body absorbs with the fewest obstacles. Plant foods hold non-haem iron, which your gut takes up less readily and only when other compounds in the meal do not block it.
Iron concentrates in organ meats, then muscle meats, then leafy greens and legumes. A single ranking cannot show you absorption rates. Two foods with the same iron count per 100 g deliver different amounts to your bloodstream depending on what else you eat alongside them.
Without animal foods, you lose access to haem iron. Plant sources and fortified foods supply non-haem iron instead, which your body absorbs at a lower rate and loses to interference from phytates, tannins and polyphenols in the same meal. Eating vitamin C alongside iron-rich plants improves uptake substantially. Many fortified cereals and plant milks contain added iron in amounts comparable to meat, but absorption remains the limiting factor on a vegetarian or vegan diet.
FDA daily value: 18 mg
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Showing 3151–3200 of 3,595 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3151 | Apple, frozen, sliced, unsweetened, unheated | Fruits and fruit juices | 0.18 mg | 1% |
| 3152 | Guava sauce, cooked | Fruits and fruit juices | 0.18 mg | 1% |
| 3153 | Blueberry, frozen, unsweetened | Fruits and fruit juices | 0.18 mg | 1% |
| 3154 | Pear, raw, with skin | Fruits and fruit juices | 0.18 mg | 1% |
| 3155 | Turnip, boiled, drained | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 0.18 mg | 1% |
| 3156 | Rutabaga (swede), boiled, drained | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 0.18 mg | 1% |
| 3157 | Carbonated drinks, ginger ale | Beverages | 0.18 mg | 1% |
| 3158 | Salad dressing, caesar, low Calorie | Fats and Oils | 0.18 mg | 1% |
| 3159 | Sweets, jellies, reduced sugar or no sugar, home preserved | Sweets | 0.18 mg | 1% |
| 3160 | Cheese, gruyere | Dairy and Egg Products | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3161 | Apple, raw, without skin, sliced, cooked, microwaved | Fruits and fruit juices | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3162 | Avocado, raw, florida | Fruits and fruit juices | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3163 | Melon, honeydew, raw | Fruits and fruit juices | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3164 | Plum, raw | Fruits and fruit juices | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3165 | Cabbage, boiled, drained | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3166 | Hot chocolate, mix, powder, prepared with water | Beverages | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3167 | Drink, lemonade flavour, powder | Beverages | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3168 | Dessert, pudding, lemon, dry mix, regular, unprepared | Sweets | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3169 | Candied fruit | Sweets | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3170 | Cheese, cream, light | Dairy and Egg Products | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3171 | Cheese, swiss, low sodium | Dairy and Egg Products | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3172 | Cheese, swiss, low fat | Dairy and Egg Products | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3173 | Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate, fortified with added calcium and vitamin D | Fruits and fruit juices | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3174 | Dulce de leche (caramelized milk) | Sweets | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3175 | Babyfood, juice, apple, all stages | Babyfoods | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3176 | Babyfood, fruit, jarred, pear, all stages | Babyfoods | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3177 | Babyfood, dessert, jarred, fruit | Babyfoods | 0.17 mg | 1% |
| 3178 | Sweetener, granulated brown sugar | Sweets | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3179 | Yogourt, vanilla flavoured, low fat (0.5-1.9% M.F.) | Dairy and Egg Products | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3180 | Yogourt, goat, fruit flavoured, with added fibre | Dairy and Egg Products | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3181 | Yogourt, fruit flavoured, fresh cheese-type, miniature size, with added Vitamin D | Dairy and Egg Products | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3182 | Yogourt, vanilla flavoured, low fat, with added vitamin D (0.5-1.9% M.F.) | Dairy and Egg Products | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3183 | Yogourt, goat, fruit flavoured | Dairy and Egg Products | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3184 | Soup, cream, mushroom, canned, condensed, reduced fat, 2% M.F. milk added | Soups, Sauces and Gravies | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3185 | Soup, cream, mushroom, canned, condensed, reduced sodium, 2% M.F. milk added | Soups, Sauces and Gravies | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3186 | Babyfood, fruit, jarred, apple and other fruit (plum, mango, kiwi, pear, banana, apricot and/or pineapple), all stages | Babyfoods | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3187 | Plant-based beverage, coconut, unenriched, sweetened, all flavours | Beverages | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3188 | Butter, whipped | Dairy and Egg Products | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3189 | Cheese, cottage, creamed with fruit | Dairy and Egg Products | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3190 | Cheese, cheddar | Dairy and Egg Products | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3191 | Cereal, hot, corn grits (yellow), cooked | Breakfast cereals | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3192 | Mango, raw | Fruits and fruit juices | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3193 | Pineapple juice, frozen concentrate, diluted | Fruits and fruit juices | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3194 | Plum, canned, purple, water pack, solids and liquid | Fruits and fruit juices | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3195 | Potato, mashed, prepared from flakes without milk, whole milk and butter added | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3196 | Lemonade, white, frozen concentrate, water added | Beverages | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3197 | Dessert, frozen, ices, water, lime | Sweets | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3198 | Icing (frosting), cream cheese flavour, ready to eat | Sweets | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3199 | Icing (frosting), vanilla (white), creamy, ready-to-eat | Sweets | 0.16 mg | 1% |
| 3200 | Cheese, cottage, uncreamed, dry curd (0.4% M.F.) | Dairy and Egg Products | 0.15 mg | 1% |
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