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 6851–6900 of 7,481 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
6851 Babyfood, dessert, cherry vanilla pudding, strained Baby Foods 0.19 mg 1%
6852 Milk, canned, condensed, sweetened Dairy and Egg Products 0.19 mg 1%
6853 Milk, canned, evaporated, with added vitamin D and without added vitamin A Dairy and Egg Products 0.19 mg 1%
6854 Milk, evaporated, 2% fat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 0.19 mg 1%
6855 Milk, canned, evaporated, with added vitamin A Dairy and Egg Products 0.19 mg 1%
6856 Cheese, cream, fat free Dairy and Egg Products 0.19 mg 1%
6857 KRAFT CHEEZ WHIZ Pasteurized Process Cheese Sauce Dairy and Egg Products 0.19 mg 1%
6858 Babyfood, dinner, vegetables and noodles and turkey, strained Baby Foods 0.19 mg 1%
6859 Rutabagas, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.18 mg 1%
6860 Egg, white, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced Dairy and Egg Products 0.18 mg 1%
6861 Babyfood, dessert, fruit pudding, pineapple, strained Baby Foods 0.18 mg 1%
6862 Salad dressing, spray-style dressing, assorted flavors Fats and Oils 0.18 mg 1%
6863 Soup, cream of mushroom, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.18 mg 1%
6864 Apples, frozen, unsweetened, unheated (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.18 mg 1%
6865 Cookies, gluten-free, lemon wafer Baked Products 0.18 mg 1%
6866 Cheese, dry white, queso seco Dairy and Egg Products 0.18 mg 1%
6867 Cheese, white, queso blanco Dairy and Egg Products 0.18 mg 1%
6868 Orange Pineapple Juice Blend Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.18 mg 1%
6869 Pork, fresh, backfat, raw Pork Products 0.18 mg 1%
6870 Glutino, Gluten Free Wafers, Lemon Flavored Baked Products 0.18 mg 1%
6871 Jellies, reduced sugar, home preserved Sweets 0.18 mg 1%
6872 Rutabagas, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.18 mg 1%
6873 Pears, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.18 mg 1%
6874 Salad dressing, caesar, low calorie Fats and Oils 0.18 mg 1%
6875 Turnips, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.18 mg 1%
6876 KRAFT VELVEETA Pasteurized Process Cheese Spread Dairy and Egg Products 0.18 mg 1%
6877 Fish, snapper, mixed species, raw Finfish and Shellfish Products 0.18 mg 1%
6878 Blueberries, frozen, unsweetened (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.18 mg 1%
6879 Fish, flatfish (flounder and sole species), raw Finfish and Shellfish Products 0.18 mg 1%
6880 Sauce, oyster, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.18 mg 1%
6881 Soup, tomato, dry, mix, prepared with water Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.18 mg 1%
6882 Guava sauce, cooked Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.18 mg 1%
6883 Beverages, carbonated, ginger ale Beverages 0.18 mg 1%
6884 Dulce de Leche Dairy and Egg Products 0.17 mg 1%
6885 Apples, raw, without skin, cooked, microwave Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.17 mg 1%
6886 Beverages, Cocoa mix, powder, prepared with water Beverages 0.17 mg 1%
6887 Beverages, lemonade-flavor drink, powder Beverages 0.17 mg 1%
6888 Beef, variety meats and by-products, suet, raw Beef Products 0.17 mg 1%
6889 Puddings, lemon, dry mix, regular, with added oil, potassium, sodium Sweets 0.17 mg 1%
6890 Cheese, Swiss, nonfat or fat free Dairy and Egg Products 0.17 mg 1%
6891 Cheese, gruyere Dairy and Egg Products 0.17 mg 1%
6892 Babyfood, juice, orange Baby Foods 0.17 mg 1%
6893 Babyfood, dessert, cherry vanilla pudding, junior Baby Foods 0.17 mg 1%
6894 Soup, beef broth or bouillon canned, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.17 mg 1%
6895 Avocados, raw, Florida Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.17 mg 1%
6896 Fish, haddock, raw Finfish and Shellfish Products 0.17 mg 1%
6897 Babyfood, GERBER, 3rd Foods, apple, mango and kiwi Baby Foods 0.17 mg 1%
6898 Candied fruit Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.17 mg 1%
6899 Squash, Indian, raw (Navajo) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.17 mg 1%
6900 Cheese, swiss, low sodium Dairy and Egg Products 0.17 mg 1%

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