Vegetarian foods high in Niacin (B3) (USDA SR Legacy)

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 301–350 of 4,100 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
301 Buckwheat Cereal Grains and Pasta 7.02 mg 44%
302 Rice, white, long-grain, precooked or instant, enriched, dry Cereal Grains and Pasta 7.00 mg 44%
303 Potato chips, without salt, reduced fat Snacks 7.00 mg 44%
304 Snacks, potato chips, reduced fat Snacks 7.00 mg 44%
305 Infant formula, ABBOTT NUTRITION, SIMILAC, ISOMIL, with iron, powder, not reconstituted Baby Foods 6.94 mg 43%
306 Infant formula, ABBOTT NUTRITION, SIMILAC, ISOMIL, ADVANCE with iron, powder, not reconstituted Baby Foods 6.94 mg 43%
307 Infant formula, ABBOTT NUTRITION, ALIMENTUM ADVANCE, with iron, powder, not reconstituted, with DHA and ARA Baby Foods 6.87 mg 43%
308 Spelt, uncooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 6.84 mg 43%
309 Wheat germ, crude Cereal Grains and Pasta 6.81 mg 43%
310 Bread, rice bran Baked Products 6.81 mg 43%
311 Toaster pastries, fruit (includes apple, blueberry, cherry, strawberry) Baked Products 6.79 mg 42%
312 Wheat flour, white, cake, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 6.79 mg 42%
313 Pepperidge Farm, Goldfish, Baked Snack Crackers, Pizza Baked Products 6.79 mg 42%
314 Bread, chapati or roti, plain, commercially prepared Baked Products 6.78 mg 42%
315 Pancakes, whole-wheat, dry mix, incomplete Baked Products 6.77 mg 42%
316 Infant formula, NESTLE, GOOD START SOY, with ARA and DHA, powder Baby Foods 6.76 mg 42%
317 Seeds, sunflower seed butter, without salt Nut and Seed Products 6.75 mg 42%
318 Seeds, sunflower seed butter, with salt added (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Nut and Seed Products 6.75 mg 42%
319 Wheat, durum Cereal Grains and Pasta 6.74 mg 42%
320 Wild rice, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 6.73 mg 42%
321 Waffle, buttermilk, frozen, ready-to-heat, microwaved Baked Products 6.73 mg 42%
322 Seeds, sesame butter, paste Nut and Seed Products 6.70 mg 42%
323 Waffles, buttermilk, frozen, ready-to-heat Baked Products 6.67 mg 42%
324 Snacks, granola bars, QUAKER OATMEAL TO GO, all flavors Snacks 6.67 mg 42%
325 Bread, rice bran, toasted Baked Products 6.66 mg 42%
326 Pepperidge Farm, Goldfish, Baked Snack Crackers, Original Baked Products 6.64 mg 42%
327 Bread, crumbs, dry, grated, plain Baked Products 6.63 mg 41%
328 Elk, free range, roast, eye of round, raw (Shoshone Bannock) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 6.63 mg 41%
329 Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, multigrain, unsalted Snacks 6.60 mg 41%
330 Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, multigrain Snacks 6.60 mg 41%
331 Beverages, Meal supplement drink, canned, peanut flavor Beverages 6.60 mg 41%
332 Mushrooms, maitake, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 6.58 mg 41%
333 Noodles, egg, spinach, enriched, dry Cereal Grains and Pasta 6.58 mg 41%
334 Carrot, dehydrated Vegetables and Vegetable Products 6.57 mg 41%
335 Spearmint, dried Spices and Herbs 6.56 mg 41%
336 Snacks, pretzels, hard, whole-wheat including both salted and unsalted Snacks 6.54 mg 41%
337 Mutton, cooked, roasted (Navajo) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 6.52 mg 41%
338 Infant formula, NESTLE, GOOD START ESSENTIALS SOY, with iron, powder Baby Foods 6.51 mg 41%
339 Rice, brown, long-grain, raw (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Cereal Grains and Pasta 6.49 mg 41%
340 Pepperidge Farm, Goldfish, Baked Snack Crackers, Explosive Pizza Baked Products 6.49 mg 41%
341 Snacks, potato chips, fat free, salted Snacks 6.45 mg 40%
342 Snacks, NUTRI-GRAIN FRUIT AND NUT BAR Snacks 6.44 mg 40%
343 Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, corn Snacks 6.43 mg 40%
344 Peppers, ancho, dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 6.40 mg 40%
345 CRACKER BARREL, grilled sirloin steak Restaurant Foods 6.40 mg 40%
346 Wheat, KAMUT khorasan, uncooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 6.38 mg 40%
347 Pancakes plain, frozen, ready-to-heat (includes buttermilk) Baked Products 6.36 mg 40%
348 Rice flour, brown Cereal Grains and Pasta 6.34 mg 40%
349 Snacks, corn-based, extruded, chips, barbecue-flavor, made with enriched masa flour Snacks 6.30 mg 39%
350 Crackers, whole grain, sandwich-type, with peanut butter filling Baked Products 6.28 mg 39%

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