Vegetarian foods high in Niacin (B3) (Canadian (CNF))

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

Selling a product with niacin (b3)? Generate a print-ready nutrition label from your recipe.

Showing 1–50 of 3,406 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 Malted milk, chocolate flavour, enriched powder Beverages 50.94 mg 318%
5 Malted milk, natural flavour, enriched powder Beverages 48.59 mg 304%
6 Babyfood, cereal, wheat, with milk powder and fruit, dry Babyfoods 42.01 mg 263%
7 Leavening agent, yeast, baker's, active, dry Baked Products 40.20 mg 251%
8 Babyfood, cereal, wheat, dry Babyfoods 36.38 mg 227%
9 Babyfood, cereal, rice, dry Babyfoods 34.62 mg 216%
10 Babyfood, cereal, barley, with milk powder, dry Babyfoods 34.29 mg 214%
11 Grains, rice bran, crude Cereals, Grains and Pasta 33.99 mg 212%
12 Babyfood, cereal, mixed grain, dry Babyfoods 33.24 mg 208%
13 Babyfood, cereal, mixed grain, with milk powder, dry Babyfoods 33.20 mg 207%
14 Babyfood, snack, biscuit, mixed grain Babyfoods 32.72 mg 205%
15 Babyfood, cereal, mixed grain, with milk powder and fruit, dry Babyfoods 30.92 mg 193%
16 Babyfood, cereal, wheat, with milk powder, dry Babyfoods 30.01 mg 188%
17 Babyfood, cereal, mixed grain, with fruit, dry Babyfoods 29.28 mg 183%
18 Coffee, instant, regular, powder Beverages 28.17 mg 176%
19 Coffee, instant, powder, half the caffeine Beverages 28.17 mg 176%
20 Coffee, instant, decaffeinated, powder Beverages 28.07 mg 175%
21 Babyfood, cereal, oat, with milk powder, dry Babyfoods 27.95 mg 175%
22 Peanut flour, defatted, salted Legumes and Legume Products 27.00 mg 169%
23 Babyfood, cereal, soya, with fruit, dry Babyfoods 26.98 mg 169%
24 Babyfood, cereal, oat, dry Babyfoods 26.58 mg 166%
25 Cereal, ready-to-eat, Krave, Kellogg's Breakfast cereals 26.31 mg 164%
26 Babyfood, cereal, rice, with milk powder and fruit, dry Babyfoods 25.88 mg 162%
27 Babyfood, cereal, rice, with milk powder, dry Babyfoods 25.80 mg 161%
28 Beverage mix, chocolate flavour, powder, no added sugar Beverages 25.60 mg 160%
29 Instant breakfast, powder, chocolate, sugar-free, with artificial sweetener Beverages 25.60 mg 160%
30 Beverages, high protein powder Beverages 25.00 mg 156%
31 Babyfood, cereal, oat, with milk powder and fruit, dry Babyfoods 22.59 mg 141%
32 Coffee, instant with chicory, powder Beverages 21.67 mg 135%
33 Cereal, ready to eat, Fibre First Multibran, Blue Menu, President's Choice Breakfast cereals 21.30 mg 133%
34 Cereal, ready to eat, Toasted Oats, Selection Breakfast cereals 18.91 mg 118%
35 Cereal, ready to eat, Honey Nut O's, Selection Breakfast cereals 18.75 mg 117%
36 Cereal, ready to eat, All Bran Original, Kellogg's Breakfast cereals 17.73 mg 111%
37 Coffee substitute, cereal grain beverage, powder Beverages 17.66 mg 110%
38 Snacks, crisped rice bar, almond Snacks 17.64 mg 110%
39 Seeds, sisymbrium sp. seeds, whole, dried Nuts and Seeds 16.82 mg 105%
40 Peanut butter, lower sugar Legumes and Legume Products 16.39 mg 102%
41 Peanuts, Spanish, raw Legumes and Legume Products 15.93 mg 100%
42 Instant breakfast, powder Beverages 15.80 mg 99%
43 Peanuts, Spanish, oil-roasted, salted Legumes and Legume Products 14.93 mg 93%
44 Peanuts, Spanish, oil-roasted Legumes and Legume Products 14.93 mg 93%
45 Babyfood, snack, biscuit, wheat with milk powder Babyfoods 14.82 mg 93%
46 Peanuts, Virginia, oil-roasted, salted Legumes and Legume Products 14.70 mg 92%
47 Peanuts, Virginia, oil-roasted Legumes and Legume Products 14.70 mg 92%
48 Peanut butter, smooth, reduced fat Legumes and Legume Products 14.60 mg 91%
49 Cereal, ready to eat, Corn Flakes: Frosted, Compliments Breakfast cereals 14.40 mg 90%
50 Peanuts, all types, dry-roasted, salted Legumes and Legume Products 14.36 mg 90%

Need this on a label? Turn these foods into a print-ready Nutrition Facts label.

Make a label

Turn these foods into a print-ready nutrition label.

Build a recipe from any of these ingredients and export a print-ready FDA or Canada Nutrition Facts label. Free.

Style