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.

FDA daily value: 2.4 mcg

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Showing 201–250 of 4,340 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
201 Ostrich, inside leg, cooked Poultry Products 6.36 mcg 265%
202 Ostrich, oyster, cooked Poultry Products 6.32 mcg 263%
203 Game meat, moose, cooked, roasted Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 6.31 mcg 263%
204 Game meat, deer, raw Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 6.31 mcg 263%
205 Game meat, caribou, raw Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 6.31 mcg 263%
206 Fish, trout, rainbow, wild, cooked, dry heat Finfish and Shellfish Products 6.30 mcg 262%
207 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, tongue, cooked, braised Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 6.30 mcg 262%
208 Ostrich, outside strip, cooked Poultry Products 6.26 mcg 261%
209 Ostrich, tip trimmed, cooked Poultry Products 6.25 mcg 260%
210 Fish, bluefish, cooked, dry heat Finfish and Shellfish Products 6.22 mcg 259%
211 Beef, chuck, shoulder clod, top blade, steak, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, grilled Beef Products 6.18 mcg 258%
212 Ostrich, top loin, cooked Poultry Products 6.17 mcg 257%
213 Emu, flat fillet, raw Poultry Products 6.12 mcg 255%
214 Veal, variety meats and by-products, tongue, raw Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 6.10 mcg 254%
215 Lamb, New Zealand, imported, tongue - swiss cut, raw Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 6.10 mcg 254%
216 Beef, chuck, shoulder clod, shoulder tender, medallion, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, grilled Beef Products 6.01 mcg 250%
217 Meat extender Legumes and Legume Products 6.00 mcg 250%
218 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, pancreas, raw Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 6.00 mcg 250%
219 Crustaceans, crab, blue, crab cakes, home recipe Finfish and Shellfish Products 5.94 mcg 248%
220 Fish, sheefish, raw (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 5.90 mcg 246%
221 Beef, chuck, shoulder clod, top blade, steak, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled Beef Products 5.89 mcg 245%
222 Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat, dried, in oil (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 5.85 mcg 244%
223 Beef, plate steak, boneless, outside skirt, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, raw Beef Products 5.82 mcg 243%
224 Steelhead trout, boiled, canned (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 5.79 mcg 241%
225 Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, HONEY GRAHAM SQUARES Breakfast Cereals 5.76 mcg 240%
226 Beef, chuck, shoulder clod, top blade, steak, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, grilled Beef Products 5.75 mcg 240%
227 Ostrich, ground, cooked, pan-broiled Poultry Products 5.74 mcg 239%
228 Beef, chuck, shoulder clod, shoulder top and center steaks, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, grilled Beef Products 5.71 mcg 238%
229 Beef, variety meats and by-products, spleen, raw Beef Products 5.68 mcg 237%
230 Formulated bar, POWER BAR, chocolate Snacks 5.60 mcg 233%
231 Cereals ready-to-eat, POST, GOLDEN CRISP Breakfast Cereals 5.60 mcg 233%
232 Cereals ready-to-eat, POST, FRUITY PEBBLES Breakfast Cereals 5.56 mcg 232%
233 Beef, plate steak, boneless, outside skirt, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, raw Beef Products 5.55 mcg 231%
234 Salmon, sockeye, canned, drained solids, without skin and bones Finfish and Shellfish Products 5.54 mcg 231%
235 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, pancreas, cooked, braised Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 5.54 mcg 231%
236 Fish, salmon, sockeye, canned, drained solids Finfish and Shellfish Products 5.50 mcg 229%
237 Thuringer, cervelat, summer sausage, beef, pork Sausages and Luncheon Meats 5.50 mcg 229%
238 Beef, plate steak, boneless, outside skirt, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, raw Beef Products 5.48 mcg 228%
239 Cereals ready-to-eat, RALSTON CRISP RICE Breakfast Cereals 5.45 mcg 227%
240 Ostrich, inside strip, raw Poultry Products 5.40 mcg 225%
241 Egg, duck, whole, fresh, raw Dairy and Egg Products 5.40 mcg 225%
242 Mollusks, cuttlefish, mixed species, cooked, moist heat Finfish and Shellfish Products 5.40 mcg 225%
243 Beef, round, knuckle, tip center, steak, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw Beef Products 5.39 mcg 225%
244 Fish, bluefish, raw Finfish and Shellfish Products 5.39 mcg 225%
245 Cereals ready-to-eat, RALSTON Corn Flakes Breakfast Cereals 5.36 mcg 223%
246 Cereals ready-to-eat, RALSTON TASTEEOS Breakfast Cereals 5.36 mcg 223%
247 Beef, shoulder top blade steak, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, grilled Beef Products 5.35 mcg 223%
248 Lamb, variety meats and by-products, spleen, raw Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 5.34 mcg 222%
249 Veal, variety meats and by-products, spleen, raw Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 5.34 mcg 222%
250 Ostrich, outside strip, raw Poultry Products 5.33 mcg 222%

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