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 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% |
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