Vegan foods high in Omega-3

Processing strips omega-3 from some foods and traps it in others. Oils cold-pressed or extracted without heat hold more than those refined at high temperature. Fish oil supplements and fortified spreads concentrate what raw sources provide thinly. The figures below show what ends up in your finished product.

Oily fish (mackerel, sardines, anchovies) dominate the ranking because their tissues store omega-3 as fuel for movement. Walnuts, flaxseeds, and canola oil carry it too, but in a form your body converts less readily. This ranking cannot tell you whether the omega-3 you eat will stay stable from factory shelf to your customer's kitchen.

Plant oils and seeds contain alpha-linolenic acid, the omega-3 form you can make from plants. Your body converts it slowly into the longer-chain types that oily fish provide ready-made. Fortified plant products and algae supplements offer another route. Without them, vegetarian and vegan diets stay lower in the forms that accumulate fastest in human tissue.

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Showing 251–300 of 361 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g Source
251 Seeds, cottonseed kernels, roasted Nuts and Seeds 0.06 g CNF
252 Nuts, filberts or hazelnuts, dry roasted, unblanched Nuts and Seeds 0.06 g CNF
253 Nuts, cashew nuts, oil roasted Nuts and Seeds 0.06 g CNF
254 Cereal, ready to eat, Oatmeal Crisp. various flavours, (almond, maple nut, raisin, triple berry, vanilla almond), General Mills Breakfast cereals 0.06 g CNF
255 Cereal, ready to eat, Crispy Rice, Compliments Breakfast cereals 0.06 g CNF
256 Cereal, ready to eat, Life, Quaker Breakfast cereals 0.06 g CNF
257 Cereal, ready to eat, Life, Toasted Cinnamon, Quaker Breakfast cereals 0.05 g CNF
258 Seeds, sunflower seed butter, salted Nuts and Seeds 0.05 g CNF
259 Nuts, filberts or hazelnuts, dried, blanched Nuts and Seeds 0.05 g CNF
260 Nuts, European chestnuts (sweet), boiled and steamed Nuts and Seeds 0.05 g CNF
261 Nuts, European chestnuts (sweet), raw, peeled Nuts and Seeds 0.05 g CNF
262 Seeds, sunflower seed butter Nuts and Seeds 0.05 g CNF
263 Cereal, ready to eat, Alpha-bits, Post Breakfast cereals 0.05 g CNF
264 Grains, wheat flour, white, bread flour Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.05 g CNF
265 Cereal, ready to eat, Oatmeal Squares, Quaker Breakfast cereals 0.05 g CNF
266 Babyfood, cereal, rice, with yogourt, with fruit, dry Babyfoods 0.05 g CNF
267 Soup, tomato and red pepper, ready-to-serve, low sodium Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.05 g CNF
268 Cereal, ready to eat, Harvest Crunch: original, Quaker Breakfast cereals 0.05 g CNF
269 Babyfood, snack, biscuit, mixed grain Babyfoods 0.05 g CNF
270 Cereal, ready to eat, On Track, President's Choice Breakfast cereals 0.05 g CNF
271 Babyfood, cereal, rice, dry Babyfoods 0.04 g CNF
272 Cereal, ready to eat, Cheerios: Oat Clusters Crunch, General Mills Breakfast cereals 0.04 g CNF
273 Babyfood, cereal, wheat, dry Babyfoods 0.04 g CNF
274 Babyfood, vegetables, jarred, green beans, all stages Babyfoods 0.04 g CNF
275 Soup, lentil, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.04 g CNF
276 Soup, red pepper and black bean, ready-to-serve, reduced sodium Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.04 g CNF
277 Feijoa, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 g CNF
278 Cereal, ready to eat, Special K: with Red Berries, Kellogg's Breakfast cereals 0.04 g CNF
279 Nuts, Chinese chestnuts, dried Nuts and Seeds 0.04 g CNF
280 Grains, wheat flour, white, all purpose, unbleached Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.04 g CNF
281 Soup, tomato, canned, condensed, reduced sodium Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.04 g CNF
282 Soup, tomato, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.04 g CNF
283 Grains, wheat flour, white, all purpose, bleached Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.04 g CNF
284 Cereal, ready to eat, Lucky Charms, General Mills Breakfast cereals 0.04 g CNF
285 Soup, mushroom barley, ready-to-serve, low sodium Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.04 g CNF
286 Cereal, ready to eat, Corn Bran Squares, Quaker Breakfast cereals 0.03 g CNF
287 Soup, split pea, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.03 g CNF
288 Cereal, ready to eat, Special K, Kellogg's Breakfast cereals 0.03 g CNF
289 Nuts, Japanese chestnuts, dried Nuts and Seeds 0.03 g CNF
290 Nuts, Chinese chestnuts, roasted Nuts and Seeds 0.03 g CNF
291 Cereal, ready to eat, Cap'n Crunch, Quaker Breakfast cereals 0.03 g CNF
292 Cereal, ready to eat, Froot Loops, Kellogg's Breakfast cereals 0.03 g CNF
293 Dessert, frozen yogourt Sweets 0.03 g CNF
294 Cereal, ready to eat, Special K: Almond Vanilla, Kellogg's Breakfast cereals 0.03 g CNF
295 Cereal, ready to eat, Corn Flakes, Selection Breakfast cereals 0.03 g CNF
296 Cereal, ready to eat, Wheat Squares, Organics, President's Choice Breakfast cereals 0.03 g CNF
297 Cereal, ready to eat, Corn Pops, Kellogg's Breakfast cereals 0.03 g CNF
298 Babyfood, vegetables, jarred, peas, all stages Babyfoods 0.03 g CNF
299 Babyfood, yogourt, fruit flavours, with added Vitamin D and DHA Babyfoods 0.03 g CNF
300 Cereal, ready to eat, Sugar Crisp, Post Breakfast cereals 0.03 g CNF

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