Foods high in Niacin (B3)

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 251–300 of 12,594 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV	Source
251	Peanut butter, chunky, vitamin and mineral fortified	Legumes and Legume Products	13.64 mg	85%	USDA_SR
252	Cereals, QUAKER, Instant Oatmeal, Cinnamon Spice, reduced sugar	Breakfast Cereals	13.63 mg	85%	USDA_SR
253	Cereal, ready to eat, Crispy Rice, Compliments	Breakfast cereals	13.59 mg	85%	CNF
254	Wheat bran, crude	Cereal Grains and Pasta	13.58 mg	85%	USDA_SR
255	Grains, wheat bran, crude	Cereals, Grains and Pasta	13.58 mg	85%	CNF
256	Peanut butter, natural	Legumes and Legume Products	13.53 mg	85%	CNF
257	Breakfast bar, corn flake crust with fruit	Snacks	13.50 mg	84%	USDA_SR
258	Breakfast bar, corn flake crust with fruit	Baked Products	13.50 mg	84%	CNF
259	Game meat, native, walrus, liver, raw	Lamb, Veal and Game	13.37 mg	84%	CNF
260	Peanut butter, smooth, vitamin and mineral fortified	Legumes and Legume Products	13.37 mg	84%	USDA_SR
261	Seeds, sesame flour, high-fat	Nut and Seed Products	13.37 mg	84%	USDA_SR
262	Seeds, sesame flour, high-fat	Nuts and Seeds	13.37 mg	84%	CNF
263	Chicken, broilers or fryers, light meat, meat only, cooked, fried	Poultry Products	13.37 mg	84%	USDA_SR
264	Chicken, broiler, light meat, fried	Poultry Products	13.37 mg	84%	CNF
265	Babyfood, cereal, whole wheat, with apples, dry fortified	Baby Foods	13.33 mg	83%	USDA_SR
266	Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW MATEYS	Breakfast Cereals	13.32 mg	83%	USDA_SR
267	Meal replacement (cereal), ready to eat, Vector, Kellogg's	Breakfast cereals	13.32 mg	83%	CNF
268	Peanut butter, smooth style, with salt	Legumes and Legume Products	13.30 mg	83%	USDA_FF
269	Fish, tuna, light, canned in water, without salt, drained solids	Finfish and Shellfish Products	13.28 mg	83%	USDA_SR
270	Fish, tuna, light, canned in water, drained, unsalted	Finfish and Shellfish Products	13.28 mg	83%	CNF
271	Caribou, rump meat, half dried (Alaska Native)	American Indian/Alaska Native Foods	13.20 mg	82%	USDA_SR
272	Beef, variety meats and by-products, liver, raw	Beef Products	13.18 mg	82%	USDA_SR
273	Beef, liver, raw	Beef Products	13.18 mg	82%	CNF
274	Peanut Butter, smooth (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	Legumes and Legume Products	13.16 mg	82%	USDA_SR
275	Veal, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, braised	Lamb, Veal, and Game Products	13.15 mg	82%	USDA_SR
276	Veal, liver, braised	Lamb, Veal and Game	13.15 mg	82%	CNF
277	Peanut butter, smooth style, with salt (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	Legumes and Legume Products	13.11 mg	82%	USDA_SR
278	Peanut butter, smooth style, without salt	Legumes and Legume Products	13.11 mg	82%	USDA_SR
279	Peanut butter, smooth type, fat and sugar added	Legumes and Legume Products	13.11 mg	82%	CNF
280	Peanut butter, smooth type, fat, sugar and salt added	Legumes and Legume Products	13.11 mg	82%	CNF
281	Fish, salmon, red, (sockeye), canned, smoked (Alaska Native)	American Indian/Alaska Native Foods	13.10 mg	82%	USDA_SR
282	Turkey, hen, breast, meat only, roasted	Poultry Products	13.00 mg	81%	CNF
283	Babyfood, cereal, oatmeal, with bananas, dry	Baby Foods	13.00 mg	81%	USDA_SR
284	Sandwich spread, meatless	Legumes and Legume Products	13.00 mg	81%	USDA_SR
285	Meatless, sandwich spread	Legumes and Legume Products	13.00 mg	81%	CNF
286	Peanut butter with omega-3, creamy	Legumes and Legume Products	12.88 mg	80%	USDA_SR
287	Peanuts, valencia, raw	Legumes and Legume Products	12.88 mg	80%	USDA_SR
288	Peanuts, Valencia, raw	Legumes and Legume Products	12.88 mg	80%	CNF
289	Sausage, chicken or turkey, Italian style, lower sodium	Sausages and Luncheon Meats	12.86 mg	80%	USDA_SR
290	Seaweed, spirulina, dried	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	12.82 mg	80%	USDA_SR
291	Seaweed, spirulina, dried	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	12.82 mg	80%	CNF
292	Seeds, sesame meal, partially defatted	Nut and Seed Products	12.82 mg	80%	USDA_SR
293	Seeds, sesame meal, partially defatted	Nuts and Seeds	12.82 mg	80%	CNF
294	Lamb, New Zealand, imported, liver, cooked, soaked and fried	Lamb, Veal, and Game Products	12.80 mg	80%	USDA_SR
295	Chicken, meatless, breaded, fried	Legumes and Legume Products	12.77 mg	80%	USDA_SR
296	Meatless, chicken, breaded, fried	Legumes and Legume Products	12.77 mg	80%	CNF
297	Babyfood, cereal, wheat, with milk powder and fruit, prepared with water	Babyfoods	12.76 mg	80%	CNF
298	Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat and skin, cooked, roasted	Poultry Products	12.71 mg	79%	USDA_SR
299	Chicken, broiler, breast, meat and skin, roasted	Poultry Products	12.71 mg	79%	CNF
300	Cereal, ready to eat, Honey Bunches of Oats (Honey Roasted), Post	Breakfast cereals	12.69 mg	79%	CNF

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Foods high in Niacin (B3)

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