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 1601–1650 of 13,381 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1601 | Game meat, elk, round, separable lean only, cooked, broiled | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 4.08 mg | 23% | USDA_SR |
| 1602 | Croutons, plain | Baked Products | 4.08 mg | 23% | USDA_SR |
| 1603 | Game meat, elk, round, separable lean only, cooked, broiled | Lamb, Veal and Game | 4.08 mg | 23% | CNF |
| 1604 | Croutons, plain | Baked Products | 4.08 mg | 23% | CNF |
| 1605 | Game meat, elk, tenderloin, separable lean only, cooked, broiled | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 4.07 mg | 23% | USDA_SR |
| 1606 | Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, MOTHER'S Toasted Oat Bran cereal | Breakfast Cereals | 4.07 mg | 23% | USDA_SR |
| 1607 | Cookies, oatmeal, commercially prepared, special dietary | Baked Products | 4.07 mg | 23% | USDA_SR |
| 1608 | Cookies, chocolate chip, commercially prepared, soft-type | Baked Products | 4.07 mg | 23% | USDA_SR |
| 1609 | Game meat, elk, tenderloin, separable lean only, cooked, broiled | Lamb, Veal and Game | 4.07 mg | 23% | CNF |
| 1610 | Cookie, chocolate chip, soft type, commercial | Baked Products | 4.07 mg | 23% | CNF |
| 1611 | Cereal, ready to eat, Heritage Flakes, Nature's Path | Breakfast cereals | 4.07 mg | 23% | CNF |
| 1612 | Martha White Foods, Martha White's Buttermilk Biscuit Mix, dry | Baked Products | 4.06 mg | 23% | USDA_SR |
| 1613 | Buckwheat flour, whole-groat | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 4.06 mg | 23% | USDA_SR |
| 1614 | Peaches, dried, sulfured, uncooked | Fruits and Fruit Juices | 4.06 mg | 23% | USDA_SR |
| 1615 | Grains, buckwheat flour, whole-groat | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 4.06 mg | 23% | CNF |
| 1616 | Peach, dried halves, sulphured, uncooked | Fruits and fruit juices | 4.06 mg | 23% | CNF |
| 1617 | Cereals ready-to-eat, NATURE'S PATH, Organic FLAX PLUS, Pumpkin Granola | Breakfast Cereals | 4.04 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1618 | Yeast extract spread | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 4.04 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1619 | Frybread, made with lard (Navajo) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 4.04 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1620 | Bread, 'fry bread', made with lard (Navajo) | Baked Products | 4.04 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1621 | Yeast extract spread | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 4.04 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1622 | Crackers, standard snack-type, regular | Baked Products | 4.03 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1623 | Cereals ready-to-eat, UNCLE SAM CEREAL | Breakfast Cereals | 4.03 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1624 | Nuts, pistachio nuts, dry roasted, without salt added | Nut and Seed Products | 4.03 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1625 | Nuts, pistachio nuts, dry roasted, with salt added | Nut and Seed Products | 4.03 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1626 | Veal, grain-fed, shoulder, blade steak, lean and fat, braised | Lamb, Veal and Game | 4.03 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1627 | Cracker, standard snack-type | Baked Products | 4.03 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1628 | Bread, rye, toasted | Baked Products | 4.03 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1629 | Nuts, pistachio nuts, dry roasted, salted | Nuts and Seeds | 4.03 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1630 | Nuts, pistachio nuts, dry roasted | Nuts and Seeds | 4.03 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1631 | Emu, ground, raw | Poultry Products | 4.02 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1632 | Nuts, butternuts, dried | Nut and Seed Products | 4.02 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1633 | Cereal, ready to eat, Agave Sunflower Seeds Granola, Nature's Path | Breakfast cereals | 4.02 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1634 | Emu, ground, raw | Poultry Products | 4.02 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1635 | Nuts, butternuts (long walnuts), dried | Nuts and Seeds | 4.02 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1636 | Cake, snack cakes, creme-filled, chocolate with frosting, low-fat, with added fiber | Baked Products | 4.01 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1637 | Cookies, chocolate wafers | Baked Products | 4.01 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1638 | Noodles, egg, dry, enriched | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 4.01 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1639 | Pasta, egg noodles, enriched, dry | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 4.01 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1640 | Cookie, chocolate wafer | Baked Products | 4.01 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1641 | Muffins, English, plain, enriched, with ca prop (includes sourdough) | Baked Products | 4.00 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1642 | Doughnuts, cake-type, plain, chocolate-coated or frosted | Baked Products | 4.00 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1643 | Winged bean leaves, raw | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 4.00 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1644 | Oat flour, partially debranned | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 4.00 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1645 | Snacks, granola bar, fruit-filled, nonfat | Snacks | 4.00 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1646 | Drumstick leaves, raw | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 4.00 mg | 22% | USDA_SR |
| 1647 | Spruce grouse, native, meat, raw | Poultry Products | 4.00 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1648 | Fish, inconnu, native, smoked, dried | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 4.00 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1649 | Game meat, native, polar bear, raw | Lamb, Veal and Game | 4.00 mg | 22% | CNF |
| 1650 | Grains, oat flour, partially debranned | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 4.00 mg | 22% | CNF |
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