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 7201–7250 of 7,481 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
7201 Yogurt, vanilla flavor, lowfat milk, sweetened with low calorie sweetener Dairy and Egg Products 0.07 mg 0%
7202 Shortening, vegetable, household, composite Fats and Oils 0.07 mg 0%
7203 Cranberry juice cocktail, frozen concentrate, prepared with water Beverages 0.07 mg 0%
7204 Gravy, HEINZ Home Style, classic chicken Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.07 mg 0%
7205 Beverages, cranberry-apple juice drink, bottled Beverages 0.07 mg 0%
7206 Beverages, OCEAN SPRAY, Light Cranberry Beverages 0.07 mg 0%
7207 Soup, chicken broth, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.07 mg 0%
7208 Rose-apples, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.07 mg 0%
7209 Peach nectar, canned, with added ascorbic acid Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.07 mg 0%
7210 Puddings, vanilla, dry mix, instant, prepared with whole milk Sweets 0.07 mg 0%
7211 Desserts, rennin, vanilla, dry mix Sweets 0.07 mg 0%
7212 Syrups, table blends, pancake, with 2% maple Sweets 0.07 mg 0%
7213 Peach nectar, canned, with sucralose, without added ascorbic acid Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.07 mg 0%
7214 Yogurt, fruit variety, nonfat Dairy and Egg Products 0.07 mg 0%
7215 Ice creams, vanilla, light, soft-serve Sweets 0.06 mg 0%
7216 Puddings, banana, dry mix, instant, prepared with 2% milk Sweets 0.06 mg 0%
7217 Milk, buttermilk, fluid, cultured, reduced fat Dairy and Egg Products 0.06 mg 0%
7218 Lemon juice from concentrate, canned or bottled Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 0%
7219 Lemon juice from concentrate, bottled, CONCORD Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 0%
7220 Lemon juice from concentrate, bottled, REAL LEMON Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 0%
7221 Beverages, coffee, instant, with whitener, reduced calorie Beverages 0.06 mg 0%
7222 Beverages, cranberry-apple juice drink, low calorie, with vitamin C added Beverages 0.06 mg 0%
7223 Puddings, lemon, dry mix, instant, prepared with 2% milk Sweets 0.06 mg 0%
7224 Puddings, vanilla, dry mix, regular, prepared with 2% milk Sweets 0.06 mg 0%
7225 Flan, caramel custard, dry mix, prepared with whole milk Sweets 0.06 mg 0%
7226 Puddings, lemon, dry mix, instant, prepared with whole milk Sweets 0.06 mg 0%
7227 Gelatin desserts, dry mix, reduced calorie, with aspartame Sweets 0.06 mg 0%
7228 Puddings, tapioca, dry mix, prepared with whole milk Sweets 0.06 mg 0%
7229 Puddings, tapioca, dry mix, prepared with 2% milk Sweets 0.06 mg 0%
7230 Flan, caramel custard, dry mix, prepared with 2% milk Sweets 0.06 mg 0%
7231 Frostings, white, fluffy, dry mix, prepared with water Sweets 0.06 mg 0%
7232 Sugars, powdered Sweets 0.06 mg 0%
7233 Waterchestnuts, chinese, (matai), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.06 mg 0%
7234 Ice creams, BREYERS, All Natural Light Vanilla Sweets 0.06 mg 0%
7235 Sweeteners, for baking, contains sugar and sucralose Sweets 0.06 mg 0%
7236 Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, protein fortified, with added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 0.06 mg 0%
7237 Yogurt, fruit, low fat,9 g protein/8 oz Dairy and Egg Products 0.06 mg 0%
7238 Margarine, regular, 80% fat, composite, stick, without salt, with added vitamin D Fats and Oils 0.06 mg 0%
7239 Milk, lowfat, fluid, 1% milkfat, protein fortified, with added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 0.06 mg 0%
7240 Milk, nonfat, fluid, protein fortified, with added vitamin A and vitamin D (fat free and skim) Dairy and Egg Products 0.06 mg 0%
7241 Whey, sweet, fluid Dairy and Egg Products 0.06 mg 0%
7242 Yogurt, Greek, nonfat, strawberry, DANNON OIKOS Dairy and Egg Products 0.06 mg 0%
7243 Margarine, regular, 80% fat, composite, stick, with salt, with added vitamin D Fats and Oils 0.06 mg 0%
7244 Soup, vegetable broth, ready to serve Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.06 mg 0%
7245 Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added nonfat milk solids, without added vitamin A Dairy and Egg Products 0.06 mg 0%
7246 KRAFT BREAKSTONE'S Reduced Fat Sour Cream Dairy and Egg Products 0.06 mg 0%
7247 Margarine, regular, 80% fat, composite, stick, with salt Fats and Oils 0.06 mg 0%
7248 Alcoholic beverage, liqueur, coffee, 53 proof Beverages 0.06 mg 0%
7249 Grapefruit juice, pink or red, with added calcium Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 0%
7250 Beverages, Energy drink, RED BULL Beverages 0.06 mg 0%

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