Vegetarian foods high in Vitamin B12 (USDA SR Legacy)

Many assume vitamin B12 only matters for energy. It actually builds the red blood cells that carry oxygen throughout your body and protects the nerves that send signals to your brain and muscles. Adults need 2.4 micrograms daily.

Animal products dominate this ranking because B12 comes from bacteria, not animals themselves. Livestock accumulate it through feed and soil. The ranking shows you where B12 concentrates, but not how your body absorbs it; some forms are easier to use than others.

Without animal foods, you have three routes: fortified plant-based products like cereals and plant milks (check the label for added B12), certain fermented foods like tempeh and miso, or a supplement. Fortified foods and supplements are the reliable options; relying on fermented foods alone leaves gaps in most diets.

FDA daily value: 2.4 mcg

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Showing 1351–1400 of 1,408 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV
1351	Puddings, vanilla, dry mix, instant	Sweets	0.02 mcg	1%
1352	Alcoholic beverage, beer, light	Beverages	0.02 mcg	1%
1353	Alcoholic beverage, beer, regular, all	Beverages	0.02 mcg	1%
1354	Muffins, blueberry, toaster-type, toasted	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1355	Leavening agents, yeast, baker's, compressed	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1356	Pie, apple, commercially prepared, enriched flour	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1357	Crackers, standard snack-type, sandwich, with peanut butter filling	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1358	Cookies, peanut butter sandwich, special dietary	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1359	Cookies, shortbread, commercially prepared, pecan	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1360	Cake, fruitcake, commercially prepared	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1361	Bread, boston brown, canned	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1362	Snacks, granola bar, GENERAL MILLS, NATURE VALLEY, with yogurt coating	Snacks	0.01 mcg	0%
1363	Split pea soup, canned, reduced sodium, prepared with water or ready-to serve	Soups, Sauces, and Gravies	0.01 mcg	0%
1364	Alcoholic beverage, malt beer, hard lemonade	Beverages	0.01 mcg	0%
1365	Butter oil, anhydrous	Dairy and Egg Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1366	McDONALD'S, Hotcakes (with 2 pats margarine & syrup)	Fast Foods	0.01 mcg	0%
1367	Pie, apple, commercially prepared, unenriched flour	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1368	Beverages, Whiskey sour mix, powder	Beverages	0.01 mcg	0%
1369	Cookies, chocolate chip, commercially prepared, regular, higher fat, unenriched	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1370	Pie, cherry, commercially prepared	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1371	Pie, blueberry, commercially prepared	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1372	Muffins, oat bran	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1373	Cookies, oatmeal, commercially prepared, soft-type	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1374	Cookies, fortune	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1375	Bread, stuffing, cornbread, dry mix, prepared	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1376	Bread, stuffing, cornbread, dry mix	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1377	Babyfood, corn and sweet potatoes, strained	Baby Foods	0.01 mcg	0%
1378	Ice cream cookie sandwich	Dairy and Egg Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1379	Alcoholic beverages, wine, rose	Beverages	0.01 mcg	0%
1380	Cookies, vanilla sandwich with creme filling, reduced fat	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1381	Cookies, oatmeal sandwich, with creme filling	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1382	Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated	Baked Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1383	Babyfood, dessert, custard pudding, vanilla, strained	Baby Foods	0.01 mcg	0%
1384	Babyfood, dessert, fruit pudding, orange, strained	Baby Foods	0.01 mcg	0%
1385	Babyfood, dessert, cherry vanilla pudding, junior	Baby Foods	0.01 mcg	0%
1386	Babyfood, mashed cheddar potatoes and broccoli, toddlers	Baby Foods	0.01 mcg	0%
1387	Babyfood, dessert, cherry vanilla pudding, strained	Baby Foods	0.01 mcg	0%
1388	Fast foods, coleslaw	Fast Foods	0.01 mcg	0%
1389	Sweet potato, cooked, candied, home-prepared	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1390	Babyfood, fruit, tutti frutti, junior	Baby Foods	0.01 mcg	0%
1391	Babyfood, fruit, tutti frutti, strained	Baby Foods	0.01 mcg	0%
1392	Babyfood, dessert, banana pudding, strained	Baby Foods	0.01 mcg	0%
1393	Candies, taffy, prepared-from-recipe	Sweets	0.01 mcg	0%
1394	Puddings, lemon, dry mix, instant	Sweets	0.01 mcg	0%
1395	Puddings, banana, dry mix, instant	Sweets	0.01 mcg	0%
1396	Frostings, white, fluffy, dry mix, prepared with water	Sweets	0.01 mcg	0%
1397	Candies, peanut brittle, prepared-from-recipe	Sweets	0.01 mcg	0%
1398	Beans, chili, barbecue, ranch style, cooked	Legumes and Legume Products	0.01 mcg	0%
1399	Candies, nougat, with almonds	Sweets	0.01 mcg	0%
1400	Puddings, banana, dry mix, instant, with added oil	Sweets	0.01 mcg	0%

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Vegetarian foods high in Vitamin B12 (USDA SR Legacy)

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