Foods high in Niacin (B3) (USDA SR Legacy)

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 3451–3500 of 7,126 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV
3451	Babyfood, meat, ham, junior	Baby Foods	2.84 mg	18%
3452	Archway Home Style Cookies, Old Fashioned Molasses	Baked Products	2.84 mg	18%
3453	Macaroni and cheese loaf, chicken, pork and beef	Sausages and Luncheon Meats	2.84 mg	18%
3454	Veal, seam fat only, cooked	Lamb, Veal, and Game Products	2.84 mg	18%
3455	Broadbeans (fava beans), mature seeds, raw	Legumes and Legume Products	2.83 mg	18%
3456	Soy sauce made from hydrolyzed vegetable protein	Legumes and Legume Products	2.83 mg	18%
3457	Tamales, masa and pork filling (Hopi)	American Indian/Alaska Native Foods	2.82 mg	18%
3458	Bread, cinnamon	Baked Products	2.82 mg	18%
3459	Fish, herring, Pacific, cooked, dry heat	Finfish and Shellfish Products	2.82 mg	18%
3460	Nuts, almonds, honey roasted, unblanched	Nut and Seed Products	2.82 mg	18%
3461	Frankfurter, meat and poultry, unheated	Sausages and Luncheon Meats	2.81 mg	18%
3462	Sausage, smoked link sausage, pork	Sausages and Luncheon Meats	2.81 mg	18%
3463	Spices, dill weed, dried	Spices and Herbs	2.81 mg	18%
3464	Spices, dill seed	Spices and Herbs	2.81 mg	18%
3465	Chicken, heart, all classes, cooked, simmered	Poultry Products	2.80 mg	18%
3466	Fish, ling, cooked, dry heat	Finfish and Shellfish Products	2.80 mg	18%
3467	Fish, pike, walleye, cooked, dry heat	Finfish and Shellfish Products	2.80 mg	18%
3468	Turkey, young hen, skin only, cooked, roasted	Poultry Products	2.80 mg	18%
3469	Fish, pike, northern, cooked, dry heat	Finfish and Shellfish Products	2.80 mg	18%
3470	Bananas, dehydrated, or banana powder	Fruits and Fruit Juices	2.80 mg	18%
3471	Groundcherries, (cape-gooseberries or poha), raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	2.80 mg	18%
3472	Mothbeans, mature seeds, raw	Legumes and Legume Products	2.80 mg	18%
3473	Beef, rib, whole (ribs 6-12), separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, raw	Beef Products	2.80 mg	18%
3474	Cornmeal, white (Navajo)	American Indian/Alaska Native Foods	2.80 mg	18%
3475	T.G.I. FRIDAY'S, french fries	Restaurant Foods	2.80 mg	17%
3476	Cowpeas, catjang, mature seeds, raw	Legumes and Legume Products	2.79 mg	17%
3477	Veal, composite of trimmed retail cuts, separable fat, cooked	Lamb, Veal, and Game Products	2.79 mg	17%
3478	Veal, breast, separable fat, cooked	Lamb, Veal, and Game Products	2.79 mg	17%
3479	Candies, REESE's Fast Break, milk chocolate, peanut butter, soft nougats, candy bar	Sweets	2.79 mg	17%
3480	Corn dogs, frozen, prepared	Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes	2.79 mg	17%
3481	ON THE BORDER, soft taco with ground beef, cheese and lettuce	Restaurant Foods	2.79 mg	17%
3482	Fish, shark, mixed species, cooked, batter-dipped and fried	Finfish and Shellfish Products	2.78 mg	17%
3483	Hush puppies, prepared from recipe	Baked Products	2.78 mg	17%
3484	Veal, external fat only, raw	Lamb, Veal, and Game Products	2.78 mg	17%
3485	Beef, rib, large end (ribs 6-9), separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, cooked, broiled	Beef Products	2.78 mg	17%
3486	Beef, rib, large end (ribs 6-9), separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, cooked, broiled	Beef Products	2.78 mg	17%
3487	Beef, rib, whole (ribs 6-12), separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw	Beef Products	2.78 mg	17%
3488	Bread, gluten-free, white, made with rice flour, corn starch, and/or tapioca	Baked Products	2.77 mg	17%
3489	Frankfurter, pork	Sausages and Luncheon Meats	2.77 mg	17%
3490	Gravy, turkey, dry	Soups, Sauces, and Gravies	2.77 mg	17%
3491	Snacks, vegetable chips, made from garden vegetables	Snacks	2.77 mg	17%
3492	Restaurant, Chinese, kung pao chicken	Restaurant Foods	2.76 mg	17%
3493	BURGER KING, CROISSAN'WICH with Sausage, Egg and Cheese	Fast Foods	2.75 mg	17%
3494	Fast foods, croissant, with egg, cheese, and sausage	Fast Foods	2.75 mg	17%
3495	Beef, rib, whole (ribs 6-12), separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, prime, raw	Beef Products	2.75 mg	17%
3496	ON THE BORDER, Mexican rice	Restaurant Foods	2.75 mg	17%
3497	Chicken spread	Sausages and Luncheon Meats	2.75 mg	17%
3498	McDONALD'S, FILET-O-FISH (without tartar sauce)	Fast Foods	2.75 mg	17%
3499	Crustaceans, crab, blue, cooked, moist heat	Finfish and Shellfish Products	2.75 mg	17%
3500	Crustaceans, crab, blue, canned	Finfish and Shellfish Products	2.75 mg	17%

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Foods high in Niacin (B3) (USDA SR Legacy)

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