Meat and fish lead this ranking because animal tissue concentrates niacin from the protein it contains. Your body converts some amino acids directly into niacin during digestion, so foods high in protein tend toward high niacin density. This mechanism explains why the table below reads as it does.
Niacin also occurs naturally in grains, legumes, and nuts, though often in a form your body cannot access without processing. The ranking captures what your small intestine can actually use. Bear in mind that the position of a food here reflects its niacin per 100 g, not how much you would typically eat at one time.
FDA daily value: 16 mg
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Showing 1–50 of 2,721 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeast extract spread | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 127.50 mg | 797% |
| 2 | Drink, fruit flavour, powder, low calorie, vitamin C | Beverages | 80.00 mg | 500% |
| 3 | Energy drink, shot, sugar free | Beverages | 54.86 mg | 343% |
| 4 | Leavening agent, yeast, baker's, active, dry | Baked Products | 40.20 mg | 251% |
| 5 | Babyfood, cereal, wheat, dry | Babyfoods | 36.38 mg | 227% |
| 6 | Babyfood, cereal, rice, dry | Babyfoods | 34.62 mg | 216% |
| 7 | Grains, rice bran, crude | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 33.99 mg | 212% |
| 8 | Babyfood, cereal, mixed grain, dry | Babyfoods | 33.24 mg | 208% |
| 9 | Babyfood, snack, biscuit, mixed grain | Babyfoods | 32.72 mg | 205% |
| 10 | Babyfood, cereal, mixed grain, with fruit, dry | Babyfoods | 29.28 mg | 183% |
| 11 | Coffee, instant, powder, half the caffeine | Beverages | 28.17 mg | 176% |
| 12 | Coffee, instant, regular, powder | Beverages | 28.17 mg | 176% |
| 13 | Coffee, instant, decaffeinated, powder | Beverages | 28.07 mg | 175% |
| 14 | Peanut flour, defatted, salted | Legumes and Legume Products | 27.00 mg | 169% |
| 15 | Babyfood, cereal, soya, with fruit, dry | Babyfoods | 26.98 mg | 169% |
| 16 | Babyfood, cereal, oat, dry | Babyfoods | 26.58 mg | 166% |
| 17 | Cereal, ready-to-eat, Krave, Kellogg's | Breakfast cereals | 26.31 mg | 164% |
| 18 | Beverage mix, chocolate flavour, powder, no added sugar | Beverages | 25.60 mg | 160% |
| 19 | Instant breakfast, powder, chocolate, sugar-free, with artificial sweetener | Beverages | 25.60 mg | 160% |
| 20 | Beverages, high protein powder | Beverages | 25.00 mg | 156% |
| 21 | Coffee, instant with chicory, powder | Beverages | 21.67 mg | 135% |
| 22 | Cereal, ready to eat, Fibre First Multibran, Blue Menu, President's Choice | Breakfast cereals | 21.30 mg | 133% |
| 23 | Cereal, ready to eat, Toasted Oats, Selection | Breakfast cereals | 18.91 mg | 118% |
| 24 | Cereal, ready to eat, All Bran Original, Kellogg's | Breakfast cereals | 17.73 mg | 111% |
| 25 | Coffee substitute, cereal grain beverage, powder | Beverages | 17.66 mg | 110% |
| 26 | Snacks, crisped rice bar, almond | Snacks | 17.64 mg | 110% |
| 27 | Seeds, sisymbrium sp. seeds, whole, dried | Nuts and Seeds | 16.82 mg | 105% |
| 28 | Peanut butter, lower sugar | Legumes and Legume Products | 16.39 mg | 102% |
| 29 | Peanuts, Spanish, raw | Legumes and Legume Products | 15.93 mg | 100% |
| 30 | Instant breakfast, powder | Beverages | 15.80 mg | 99% |
| 31 | Peanuts, Spanish, oil-roasted, salted | Legumes and Legume Products | 14.93 mg | 93% |
| 32 | Peanuts, Spanish, oil-roasted | Legumes and Legume Products | 14.93 mg | 93% |
| 33 | Peanuts, Virginia, oil-roasted, salted | Legumes and Legume Products | 14.70 mg | 92% |
| 34 | Peanuts, Virginia, oil-roasted | Legumes and Legume Products | 14.70 mg | 92% |
| 35 | Peanut butter, smooth, reduced fat | Legumes and Legume Products | 14.60 mg | 91% |
| 36 | Cereal, ready to eat, Corn Flakes: Frosted, Compliments | Breakfast cereals | 14.40 mg | 90% |
| 37 | Peanuts, all types, dry-roasted, salted | Legumes and Legume Products | 14.36 mg | 90% |
| 38 | Peanuts, all types, dry roasted | Legumes and Legume Products | 14.36 mg | 90% |
| 39 | Peanuts, Valencia, oil-roasted, salted | Legumes and Legume Products | 14.34 mg | 90% |
| 40 | Peanuts, Valencia, oil-roasted | Legumes and Legume Products | 14.34 mg | 90% |
| 41 | Instant breakfast, powder, chocolate | Beverages | 14.24 mg | 89% |
| 42 | Mushroom, shiitake, dried | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 14.10 mg | 88% |
| 43 | Cereal, ready to eat, All Bran Buds, Kellogg's | Breakfast cereals | 14.01 mg | 88% |
| 44 | Peanuts, all types, oil-roasted | Legumes and Legume Products | 13.82 mg | 86% |
| 45 | Peanuts, all types, oil-roasted, salted | Legumes and Legume Products | 13.82 mg | 86% |
| 46 | Babyfood, cereal, ready to eat, 'O' shaped | Babyfoods | 13.71 mg | 86% |
| 47 | Peanut butter, chunk type, fat, sugar and salt added | Legumes and Legume Products | 13.70 mg | 86% |
| 48 | Peanut butter, chunk type, fat and sugar added | Legumes and Legume Products | 13.70 mg | 86% |
| 49 | Peanut butter, reduced sodium | Legumes and Legume Products | 13.69 mg | 86% |
| 50 | Cereal, ready to eat, Crispy Rice, Compliments | Breakfast cereals | 13.59 mg | 85% |
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