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 2201–2250 of 5,243 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2201 | Fish, cusk, raw | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 2.69 mg | 17% |
| 2202 | Sausage, breakfast links or rounds, beef, cooked | Sausages and Luncheon meats | 2.68 mg | 17% |
| 2203 | Fish, turbot, european, baked or broiled | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 2.68 mg | 17% |
| 2204 | Crustaceans, shrimp, mixed species, boiled or steamed | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 2.68 mg | 17% |
| 2205 | Potato, french-fried, frozen, extruded, heated in oven | Vegetables and Vegetable Products | 2.67 mg | 17% |
| 2206 | Cookie, chocolate chip, commercial, regular, higher fat | Baked Products | 2.67 mg | 17% |
| 2207 | Wiener (frankfurter), regular, mixed meats | Sausages and Luncheon meats | 2.67 mg | 17% |
| 2208 | Grains, corn flour, degermed, unenriched, yellow | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 2.66 mg | 17% |
| 2209 | Snacks, potato chips, dried potatoes, plain | Snacks | 2.65 mg | 17% |
| 2210 | Candies, bars, Butterfinger | Sweets | 2.65 mg | 17% |
| 2211 | Candies, peanut brittle, homemade | Sweets | 2.65 mg | 17% |
| 2212 | Sausage, Polish, smoked, pre-cooked, reheated | Sausages and Luncheon meats | 2.64 mg | 16% |
| 2213 | Soybean, fermented products, tempeh (tempe) | Legumes and Legume Products | 2.64 mg | 16% |
| 2214 | Burrito, bean and cheese, microwaved | Mixed Dishes | 2.64 mg | 16% |
| 2215 | Pork, separable fat, raw | Pork Products | 2.63 mg | 16% |
| 2216 | Beans, adzuki, raw | Legumes and Legume Products | 2.63 mg | 16% |
| 2217 | Turkey, broiler, leg, meat and skin, raw | Poultry Products | 2.62 mg | 16% |
| 2218 | Quesadilla with meat and cheese | Mixed Dishes | 2.62 mg | 16% |
| 2219 | Pasta, egg noodles, enriched, cooked, salted | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 2.61 mg | 16% |
| 2220 | Pasta, egg noodles, spinach, enriched, cooked | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 2.61 mg | 16% |
| 2221 | Soy flour, defatted | Legumes and Legume Products | 2.61 mg | 16% |
| 2222 | Doughnut (donut), yeast-leavened (honey bun), glazed | Baked Products | 2.61 mg | 16% |
| 2223 | Cereal, ready-to-eat, amaranth flakes | Breakfast cereals | 2.61 mg | 16% |
| 2224 | Lentils, raw | Legumes and Legume Products | 2.60 mg | 16% |
| 2225 | Cookie, chocolate sandwich, cream filling, regular | Baked Products | 2.60 mg | 16% |
| 2226 | Mollusks, squid (calamari), mixed species, flour coated, fried | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 2.60 mg | 16% |
| 2227 | Snacks, potato chips, dried potatoes, cheese | Snacks | 2.60 mg | 16% |
| 2228 | Grains, corn flour, blue, whole-grain | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 2.60 mg | 16% |
| 2229 | Fish, catfish (wolffish), atlantic, baked or broiled | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 2.60 mg | 16% |
| 2230 | Babyfood, cereal, rice, with yogourt, with fruit, dry | Babyfoods | 2.60 mg | 16% |
| 2231 | Fast foods, pizza, cheese, thin crust | Fast Foods | 2.60 mg | 16% |
| 2232 | Grains, rice flour, white | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 2.59 mg | 16% |
| 2233 | Apricot, dried, sulphured, uncooked | Fruits and fruit juices | 2.59 mg | 16% |
| 2234 | Cake, yellow (plus streusel), pudding-type, dry mix, unprepared | Baked Products | 2.59 mg | 16% |
| 2235 | Soy meal, defatted, raw | Legumes and Legume Products | 2.59 mg | 16% |
| 2236 | Fast foods, breakfast, french toast sticks | Fast Foods | 2.58 mg | 16% |
| 2237 | Coffee cake, fruit | Baked Products | 2.57 mg | 16% |
| 2238 | Grains, spelt, cooked | Cereals, Grains and Pasta | 2.57 mg | 16% |
| 2239 | Cake, shortcake, biscuit-type, homemade | Baked Products | 2.57 mg | 16% |
| 2240 | Lamb, pancreas, braised | Lamb, Veal and Game | 2.56 mg | 16% |
| 2241 | Fish, bass, striped, baked or broiled | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 2.56 mg | 16% |
| 2242 | Fish, monkfish (goosefish, anglerfish), baked or broiled | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 2.56 mg | 16% |
| 2243 | Fish, pout, ocean, baked or broiled | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 2.56 mg | 16% |
| 2244 | Cake mix, gingerbread, dry, unprepared | Baked Products | 2.55 mg | 16% |
| 2245 | Fast foods, mexican, chimichanga with beef and cheese | Fast Foods | 2.55 mg | 16% |
| 2246 | Game meat, native, bearded seal, intestine, boiled | Lamb, Veal and Game | 2.55 mg | 16% |
| 2247 | Fish, catfish, channel (bullhead), farmed, baked or broiled | Finfish and Shellfish Products | 2.55 mg | 16% |
| 2248 | Beef, mechanically deboned, raw | Beef Products | 2.55 mg | 16% |
| 2249 | Lamb, mechanically separated, raw | Lamb, Veal and Game | 2.55 mg | 16% |
| 2250 | Candies, bars, Oh Henry! | Sweets | 2.54 mg | 16% |
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