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 2001–2050 of 5,243 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Sausage, Beerwurst, beer salami, pork | Sausages and Luncheon meats | 3.25 mg | 20% |
| 2002 | Potato, french-fried, frozen, restaurant prepared, fried in vegetable oil and animal fat | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 3.25 mg | 20% |
| 2003 | Potato, french-fried, frozen, restaurant prepared, fried in vegetable oil | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 3.25 mg | 20% |
| 2004 | Babyfood, meat, veal, puree | Babyfoods | 3.25 mg | 20% |
| 2005 | Pork, cured, ham patties, grilled | Pork Products | 3.25 mg | 20% |
| 2006 | Cookie, ginger snap | Baked Products | 3.23 mg | 20% |
| 2007 | Fast foods, sandwiches and burgers, hamburger, large, double patty, with condiments, vegetables and mayonnaise | Fast Foods | 3.23 mg | 20% |
| 2008 | Deli-meat, mock chicken loaf | Sausages and Luncheon meats | 3.23 mg | 20% |
| 2009 | Pie crust, cookie-type, graham cracker, ready-to-serve | Baked Products | 3.22 mg | 20% |
| 2010 | Fish, herring, atlantic, raw | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 3.22 mg | 20% |
| 2011 | Pasta, Japanese noodles, soba, dry | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 3.21 mg | 20% |
| 2012 | Pork, pancreas, braised | Pork Products | 3.21 mg | 20% |
| 2013 | Wiener (frankfurter), turkey | Sausages and Luncheon meats | 3.20 mg | 20% |
| 2014 | Game meat, native, bear, raw | Lamb, Veal and Game | 3.20 mg | 20% |
| 2015 | Sea cucumber, native | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 3.20 mg | 20% |
| 2016 | Mollusks, cockle, raw | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 3.20 mg | 20% |
| 2017 | Ham, flaked, canned | Sausages and Luncheon meats | 3.20 mg | 20% |
| 2018 | Sauce, peanut (made from peanut butter, water, soy sauce) | Soups, Sauces and Gravies | 3.20 mg | 20% |
| 2019 | Fast foods, breakfast, english muffin with egg, cheese and sausage | Fast Foods | 3.19 mg | 20% |
| 2020 | Cookie, butter, commercial | Baked Products | 3.19 mg | 20% |
| 2021 | Fast foods, breakfast, english muffin with egg, cheese and bacon | Fast Foods | 3.19 mg | 20% |
| 2022 | Cracker, wheat, sandwich, with cheese filling | Baked Products | 3.19 mg | 20% |
| 2023 | Bread, white with raisins, commercial | Baked Products | 3.18 mg | 20% |
| 2024 | Snacks, corn-based, extruded, onion | Snacks | 3.18 mg | 20% |
| 2025 | Fast foods, entree, oysters, battered or breaded, fried | Fast Foods | 3.18 mg | 20% |
| 2026 | Pork/ham/chicken, canned, reduced sodium | Sausages and Luncheon meats | 3.17 mg | 20% |
| 2027 | Sandwich, ham, homemade | Mixed Dishes | 3.17 mg | 20% |
| 2028 | Pork, mechanically separated, raw | Pork Products | 3.17 mg | 20% |
| 2029 | Veal, grain-fed, shoulder, whole, lean, raw | Lamb, Veal and Game | 3.17 mg | 20% |
| 2030 | Veal, grain-fed, shoulder, blade steak, lean, raw | Lamb, Veal and Game | 3.17 mg | 20% |
| 2031 | Sausage, smoked, pork, pre-cooked, reduced fat | Sausages and Luncheon meats | 3.16 mg | 20% |
| 2032 | Fast foods, Miniature cinnamon rolls | Fast Foods | 3.16 mg | 20% |
| 2033 | Nuts, almond butter, plain | Nuts and Seeds | 3.15 mg | 20% |
| 2034 | Nuts, almond butter, plain, salted | Nuts and Seeds | 3.15 mg | 20% |
| 2035 | Sausage, Knackwurst (knockwurst), raw | Sausages and Luncheon meats | 3.15 mg | 20% |
| 2036 | Fast foods, breakfast, bagel, with ham, egg and cheese | Fast Foods | 3.15 mg | 20% |
| 2037 | Fast foods, sandwiches and burgers, cheeseburger, large, single patty, with condiments, vegetables and mayonnaise | Fast Foods | 3.14 mg | 20% |
| 2038 | Fast foods, sandwiches and burgers, hamburger, large, single patty, with condiments, vegetables and mayonnaise | Fast Foods | 3.14 mg | 20% |
| 2039 | Crustaceans, crab, dungeness, raw | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 3.14 mg | 20% |
| 2040 | Wiener (frankfurter), meatless | Legumes and Legume Products | 3.14 mg | 20% |
| 2041 | Fast foods, sandwiches and burgers, hamburger, regular, double patty, with condiments | Fast Foods | 3.13 mg | 20% |
| 2042 | Veal, grain-fed, shoulder, blade steak, lean and fat, raw | Lamb, Veal and Game | 3.13 mg | 20% |
| 2043 | Veal, grain-fed, shoulder, whole, lean and fat, raw | Lamb, Veal and Game | 3.13 mg | 20% |
| 2044 | Chicken, broiler, gizzard, simmered | Poultry Products | 3.12 mg | 20% |
| 2045 | Pork, separable fat, cooked | Pork Products | 3.12 mg | 20% |
| 2046 | Wiener (frankfurter), European | Sausages and Luncheon meats | 3.12 mg | 19% |
| 2047 | Sausage, Bratwurst, beef and pork, smoked | Sausages and Luncheon meats | 3.11 mg | 19% |
| 2048 | Meatball, Italian style, frozen | Mixed Dishes | 3.11 mg | 19% |
| 2049 | Cookie, vanilla wafer, 12 to 17% fat | Baked Products | 3.11 mg | 19% |
| 2050 | Lychee, dried | Fruits and fruit juices | 3.10 mg | 19% |
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