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 1951–2000 of 7,126 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Enfamil Reguline Powder, with ARA and DHA, not reconstituted | Baby Foods | 5.10 mg | 32% |
| 1952 | Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Enfamil for Supplementing, powder, with ARA and DHA, not reconstituted | Baby Foods | 5.10 mg | 32% |
| 1953 | Infant Formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, GENTLEASE, with ARA and DHA powder not reconstituted | Baby Foods | 5.10 mg | 32% |
| 1954 | Infant Formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, Newborn, with ARA and DHA, powder | Baby Foods | 5.10 mg | 32% |
| 1955 | Beef, ground, 80% lean meat / 20% fat, patty, cooked, broiled | Beef Products | 5.10 mg | 32% |
| 1956 | Beef, plate steak, boneless, outside skirt, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled | Beef Products | 5.10 mg | 32% |
| 1957 | Chicken, broilers or fryers, drumstick, meat and skin, cooked, fried, batter | Poultry Products | 5.10 mg | 32% |
| 1958 | Rice, white, medium-grain, raw, enriched | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 5.09 mg | 32% |
| 1959 | Pork, cured, ham, boneless, extra lean and regular, unheated | Pork Products | 5.09 mg | 32% |
| 1960 | Turkey, light or dark meat, smoked, cooked, with skin, bone removed | Poultry Products | 5.09 mg | 32% |
| 1961 | Beef, round, eye of round, roast, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, cooked, roasted | Beef Products | 5.09 mg | 32% |
| 1962 | Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, AR, powder, with ARA and DHA | Baby Foods | 5.09 mg | 32% |
| 1963 | Lamb, Australian, imported, fresh, leg, hindshank, heel on, bone-in, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, raw | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 5.08 mg | 32% |
| 1964 | Crackers, melba toast, wheat | Baked Products | 5.08 mg | 32% |
| 1965 | Beef, loin, tenderloin steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw | Beef Products | 5.08 mg | 32% |
| 1966 | Crackers, matzo, egg | Baked Products | 5.08 mg | 32% |
| 1967 | Beef, rib eye steak/roast, bone-in, lip-on, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, raw | Beef Products | 5.08 mg | 32% |
| 1968 | Pork, cured, ham, steak, boneless, extra lean, unheated | Pork Products | 5.08 mg | 32% |
| 1969 | Crackers, cream, Gamesa Sabrosas | Baked Products | 5.08 mg | 32% |
| 1970 | Beef, plate steak, boneless, inside skirt, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, raw | Beef Products | 5.08 mg | 32% |
| 1971 | Turkey, ground, 85% lean, 15% fat, raw | Poultry Products | 5.08 mg | 32% |
| 1972 | Fish, haddock, smoked | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 5.07 mg | 32% |
| 1973 | Pork, cured, ham -- water added, shank, bone-in, separable lean only, heated, roasted | Pork Products | 5.07 mg | 32% |
| 1974 | Beef, ground, 90% lean meat / 10% fat, raw | Beef Products | 5.07 mg | 32% |
| 1975 | Beef, loin, tenderloin roast, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw | Beef Products | 5.07 mg | 32% |
| 1976 | Chicken, dark meat, drumstick, meat only, with added solution, cooked, braised | Poultry Products | 5.07 mg | 32% |
| 1977 | Lamb, foreshank, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/4" fat, choice, cooked, braised | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 5.07 mg | 32% |
| 1978 | Beef, chuck, arm pot roast, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, raw | Beef Products | 5.07 mg | 32% |
| 1979 | Ice cream cones, sugar, rolled-type | Baked Products | 5.07 mg | 32% |
| 1980 | Pastrami, beef, 98% fat-free | Sausages and Luncheon Meats | 5.07 mg | 32% |
| 1981 | SUBWAY, sweet onion chicken teriyaki sub on white bread with lettuce, tomato and sweet onion sauce | Fast Foods | 5.06 mg | 32% |
| 1982 | Fast foods, submarine sandwich, sweet onion chicken teriyaki on white bread with lettuce, tomato and sweet onion sauce | Fast Foods | 5.06 mg | 32% |
| 1983 | Snacks, peas, roasted, wasabi-flavored | Snacks | 5.06 mg | 32% |
| 1984 | Lamb, Australian, imported, fresh, leg, shank half, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, raw | Lamb, Veal, and Game Products | 5.06 mg | 32% |
| 1985 | Ostrich, outside strip, raw | Poultry Products | 5.06 mg | 32% |
| 1986 | Pork, fresh, loin, tenderloin, separable lean and fat, cooked, broiled | Pork Products | 5.05 mg | 32% |
| 1987 | Beef, New Zealand, imported, ribs prepared, cooked, fast roasted | Beef Products | 5.05 mg | 32% |
| 1988 | Oscar Mayer, Salami (hard) | Sausages and Luncheon Meats | 5.05 mg | 32% |
| 1989 | Beef, loin, top sirloin cap steak, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, raw | Beef Products | 5.05 mg | 32% |
| 1990 | Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, unenriched, dry | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 5.05 mg | 32% |
| 1991 | Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, enriched, dry | Cereal Grains and Pasta | 5.05 mg | 32% |
| 1992 | Chicken, broilers or fryers, dark meat, drumstick, meat only, cooked, braised | Poultry Products | 5.05 mg | 32% |
| 1993 | Beef, chuck, arm pot roast, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, cooked, braised | Beef Products | 5.04 mg | 32% |
| 1994 | Pork, fresh, loin, center rib (roasts), boneless, separable lean and fat, cooked, roasted | Pork Products | 5.04 mg | 32% |
| 1995 | Beef, chuck, arm pot roast, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, braised | Beef Products | 5.04 mg | 31% |
| 1996 | Pork, fresh, loin, whole, separable lean and fat, cooked, broiled | Pork Products | 5.04 mg | 31% |
| 1997 | Beef, composite of trimmed retail cuts, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, raw | Beef Products | 5.04 mg | 31% |
| 1998 | Pork, fresh, loin, center rib (chops or roasts), boneless, separable lean only, raw | Pork Products | 5.04 mg | 31% |
| 1999 | Beef, chuck, shoulder clod, shoulder tender, medallion, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, grilled | Beef Products | 5.04 mg | 31% |
| 2000 | Beef, ground, 70% lean meat / 30% fat, patty cooked, pan-broiled | Beef Products | 5.03 mg | 31% |
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