Foods high in Iron (USDA SR Legacy)

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.

FDA daily value: 18 mg

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Showing 6101–6150 of 7,481 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
6101 Babyfood, dinner, turkey, rice, and vegetables, toddler Baby Foods 0.40 mg 2%
6102 Soup, vegetable with beef broth, canned, prepared with equal volume water Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.40 mg 2%
6103 Grapefruit, sections, canned, light syrup pack, solids and liquids Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.40 mg 2%
6104 Babyfood, vegetable, butternut squash and corn Baby Foods 0.40 mg 2%
6105 Salad dressing, italian dressing, fat-free Fats and Oils 0.40 mg 2%
6106 Soup, chunky vegetable, reduced sodium, canned, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.40 mg 2%
6107 Beverages, Wine, non-alcoholic Beverages 0.40 mg 2%
6108 Pie, coconut cream, prepared from mix, no-bake type Baked Products 0.40 mg 2%
6109 Salad dressing, french dressing, reduced calorie Fats and Oils 0.40 mg 2%
6110 Candies, gumdrops, starch jelly pieces Sweets 0.40 mg 2%
6111 Puddings, chocolate, dry mix, instant, prepared with 2% milk Sweets 0.40 mg 2%
6112 Sweet Potato puffs, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6113 Salmonberries, raw (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.40 mg 2%
6114 Chokecherries, raw, pitted (Shoshone Bannock) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.40 mg 2%
6115 Babyfood, dessert, peach yogurt Baby Foods 0.40 mg 2%
6116 Kohlrabi, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6117 Kohlrabi, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6118 Mushrooms, brown, italian, or crimini, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6119 Radishes, oriental, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6120 Soybeans, mature seeds, sprouted, cooked, stir-fried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6121 Squash, winter, hubbard, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6122 Mushrooms, brown, italian, or crimini, exposed to ultraviolet light, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6123 Pickles, cucumber, sour, low sodium Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6124 Fish, devilfish, meat (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.40 mg 2%
6125 Jams and preserves, no sugar (with sodium saccharin), any flavor Sweets 0.40 mg 2%
6126 Alcoholic beverage, wine, cooking Beverages 0.40 mg 2%
6127 Alcoholic beverage, wine, light Beverages 0.40 mg 2%
6128 Pineapple, canned, water pack, solids and liquids Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.40 mg 2%
6129 Mushrooms, portabella, grilled Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6130 Squash, summer, scallop, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6131 Kohlrabi, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6132 Soybeans, mature seeds, sprouted, cooked, stir-fried, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6133 Mushrooms, portabella, exposed to ultraviolet light, grilled Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6134 Pickles, cucumber, sour Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6135 Cranberry, low bush or lingenberry, raw (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.40 mg 2%
6136 Babyfood, vegetable and brown rice, strained Baby Foods 0.40 mg 2%
6137 Pineapple, frozen, chunks, sweetened Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.40 mg 2%
6138 Waxgourd, (chinese preserving melon), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.40 mg 2%
6139 Vitasoy USA, Vitasoy Organic Creamy Original Soymilk Legumes and Legume Products 0.40 mg 2%
6140 Beverages, cocoa mix, with aspartame, powder, prepared with water Beverages 0.39 mg 2%
6141 Beverages, Whiskey sour mix, powder Beverages 0.39 mg 2%
6142 Babyfood, vegetables, carrots, junior Baby Foods 0.39 mg 2%
6143 Fish, salmon, coho, farmed, cooked, dry heat Finfish and Shellfish Products 0.39 mg 2%
6144 Chicken breast, deli, rotisserie seasoned, sliced, prepackaged Sausages and Luncheon Meats 0.39 mg 2%
6145 Apricots, canned, light syrup pack, with skin, solids and liquids Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.39 mg 2%
6146 Blueberries, frozen, sweetened Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.39 mg 2%
6147 Crustaceans, crab, alaska king, imitation, made from surimi Finfish and Shellfish Products 0.39 mg 2%
6148 Soup, turkey noodle, canned, prepared with equal volume water Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.39 mg 2%
6149 Ham, honey, smoked, cooked Sausages and Luncheon Meats 0.39 mg 2%
6150 Tomato juice, canned, with salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.39 mg 2%

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