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 1151–1200 of 7,481 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
1151 Beans, baked, canned, with pork and tomato sauce Legumes and Legume Products 3.24 mg 18%
1152 Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, MOTHER'S Cinnamon Oat Crunch Breakfast Cereals 3.24 mg 18%
1153 Potatoes, raw, skin Vegetables and Vegetable Products 3.24 mg 18%
1154 Beef, round, top round steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled Beef Products 3.24 mg 18%
1155 Beef, short loin, t-bone steak, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, cooked, grilled Beef Products 3.24 mg 18%
1156 Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, broiled Beef Products 3.24 mg 18%
1157 Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, broiled Beef Products 3.24 mg 18%
1158 Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, broiled Beef Products 3.24 mg 18%
1159 Beef, loin, tenderloin steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled Beef Products 3.24 mg 18%
1160 Beef, loin, tenderloin roast, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, roasted Beef Products 3.24 mg 18%
1161 Beef, chuck, shoulder clod, shoulder top and center steaks, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, grilled Beef Products 3.23 mg 18%
1162 Beef, top loin filet, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, cooked, grilled Beef Products 3.23 mg 18%
1163 Beef, New Zealand, imported, flat, separable lean only, cooked, braised Beef Products 3.23 mg 18%
1164 Beef, ground, 95% lean meat / 5% fat, crumbles, cooked, pan-browned Beef Products 3.23 mg 18%
1165 Beef, loin, top sirloin cap steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, cooked, grilled Beef Products 3.23 mg 18%
1166 Beef, shoulder top blade steak, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, grilled Beef Products 3.23 mg 18%
1167 Beef, loin, top loin steak, boneless, lip off, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, grilled Beef Products 3.23 mg 18%
1168 Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled Beef Products 3.22 mg 18%
1169 Nuts, mixed nuts, dry roasted, with peanuts, salt added, CHOSEN ROASTER Nut and Seed Products 3.22 mg 18%
1170 Cookies, chocolate chip, commercially prepared, regular, lower fat Baked Products 3.22 mg 18%
1171 Beef, ribeye cap steak, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, grilled Beef Products 3.22 mg 18%
1172 Beef, loin, tenderloin roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, roasted Beef Products 3.22 mg 18%
1173 Phyllo dough Baked Products 3.21 mg 18%
1174 Game meat, moose, raw Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 3.21 mg 18%
1175 Beef, chuck, short ribs, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised Beef Products 3.21 mg 18%
1176 Wheat, soft red winter Cereal Grains and Pasta 3.21 mg 18%
1177 Lentils, sprouted, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 3.21 mg 18%
1178 Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised Beef Products 3.21 mg 18%
1179 Beef, chuck, under blade steak, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, braised Beef Products 3.21 mg 18%
1180 Pumpkin leaves, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 3.20 mg 18%
1181 Beef, chuck, under blade pot roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, braised Beef Products 3.20 mg 18%
1182 Cookie, vanilla with caramel, coconut, and chocolate coating Baked Products 3.20 mg 18%
1183 Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, cooked, grilled Beef Products 3.20 mg 18%
1184 Beef, loin, tenderloin roast, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, roasted Beef Products 3.20 mg 18%
1185 Beef, chuck, clod roast, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, roasted Beef Products 3.20 mg 18%
1186 Game meat, rabbit, wild, raw Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 3.20 mg 18%
1187 Beef, chuck, short ribs, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, braised Beef Products 3.20 mg 18%
1188 Beef, chuck, clod roast, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, roasted Beef Products 3.20 mg 18%
1189 Pumpkin leaves, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 3.20 mg 18%
1190 Beef, chuck, blade roast, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, cooked, braised Beef Products 3.20 mg 18%
1191 Beef, chuck, short ribs, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, braised Beef Products 3.19 mg 18%
1192 Snacks, popcorn, air-popped Snacks 3.19 mg 18%
1193 Beef, chuck, under blade pot roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, braised Beef Products 3.19 mg 18%
1194 Wheat, hard red winter Cereal Grains and Pasta 3.19 mg 18%
1195 Beef, chuck, clod roast, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, roasted Beef Products 3.19 mg 18%
1196 Chicken, gizzard, all classes, cooked, simmered Poultry Products 3.19 mg 18%
1197 Game meat, antelope, raw Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 3.19 mg 18%
1198 Beef, loin, top sirloin filet, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, grilled Beef Products 3.19 mg 18%
1199 Bison, ground, grass-fed, cooked Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 3.19 mg 18%
1200 Mollusks, abalone, mixed species, raw Finfish and Shellfish Products 3.19 mg 18%

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