Vegan foods high in Zinc (USDA SR Legacy)

Your body needs zinc daily for immune cells to work, wounds to close, and DNA to copy itself during cell division. This Daily Value is a target, not a ceiling: most people benefit from meeting it, and your label's percentage tells you how much one serving contributes to that goal.

Zinc concentrates in animal muscle and shellfish, then in seeds, legumes, and whole grains. The ranking below shows raw concentration per 100 g, but bioavailability matters; compounds in plants can bind zinc and reduce how much your body absorbs, so a plant-based food may look higher on this table than it performs in practice.

On a vegetarian or vegan diet, legumes and seeds become your primary sources, but phytates in these foods bind zinc and lower absorption. Fortified cereals and nutritional yeast provide an alternative route. Soaking, sprouting, and fermenting legumes and grains can reduce phytate content and improve zinc uptake, though they do not eliminate it.

FDA daily value: 11 mg

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Showing 901–950 of 3,432 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
901 Bread, oatmeal, toasted Baked Products 1.11 mg 10%
902 Crackers, standard snack-type, with whole wheat Baked Products 1.11 mg 10%
903 Gravy, brown, dry Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 1.11 mg 10%
904 Teff, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.11 mg 10%
905 Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, MARS Almond Bar Sweets 1.11 mg 10%
906 Candies, fudge, chocolate, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 1.11 mg 10%
907 Crackers, rusk toast Baked Products 1.10 mg 10%
908 Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, QUAKER Puffed Rice Breakfast Cereals 1.10 mg 10%
909 Soup, black bean, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 1.10 mg 10%
910 Babyfood, cookies Baby Foods 1.10 mg 10%
911 Nuts, coconut meat, raw Nut and Seed Products 1.10 mg 10%
912 Nuts, chestnuts, japanese, raw Nut and Seed Products 1.10 mg 10%
913 Epazote, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.10 mg 10%
914 Bamboo shoots, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.10 mg 10%
915 Rice, white, short-grain, raw, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.10 mg 10%
916 Rice, white, short-grain, enriched, uncooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.10 mg 10%
917 Candies, MOUNDS Candy Bar Sweets 1.10 mg 10%
918 Mushrooms, brown, italian, or crimini, exposed to ultraviolet light, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.10 mg 10%
919 Mushrooms, brown, italian, or crimini, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.10 mg 10%
920 Bagels, wheat Baked Products 1.10 mg 10%
921 Beans, small white, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.09 mg 10%
922 Beans, small white, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.09 mg 10%
923 Spearmint, fresh Spices and Herbs 1.09 mg 10%
924 Cookies, chocolate wafers Baked Products 1.09 mg 10%
925 Hummus, home prepared Legumes and Legume Products 1.09 mg 10%
926 Spices, saffron Spices and Herbs 1.09 mg 10%
927 Snacks, potato chips, plain, unsalted Snacks 1.09 mg 10%
928 Snacks, potato chips, plain, made with partially hydrogenated soybean oil, unsalted Snacks 1.09 mg 10%
929 Snacks, potato chips, plain, made with partially hydrogenated soybean oil, salted Snacks 1.09 mg 10%
930 Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.09 mg 10%
931 Snacks, potato chips, plain, salted Snacks 1.09 mg 10%
932 Quinoa, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.09 mg 10%
933 Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.09 mg 10%
934 Yardlong beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.08 mg 10%
935 Yardlong beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.08 mg 10%
936 Pasta, gluten-free, rice flour and rice bran extract, cooked, DE BOLES Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.08 mg 10%
937 Spaghetti, spinach, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.08 mg 10%
938 Beans, kidney, red, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.07 mg 10%
939 Beans, kidney, red, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.07 mg 10%
940 Tofu, extra firm, prepared with nigari Legumes and Legume Products 1.07 mg 10%
941 Beans, kidney, all types, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.07 mg 10%
942 Muffins, English, wheat Baked Products 1.07 mg 10%
943 Parsley, fresh Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.07 mg 10%
944 Beans, yellow, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.06 mg 10%
945 Beans, yellow, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.06 mg 10%
946 Infant formula, PBM PRODUCTS, store brand, soy, liquid concentrate, not reconstituted Baby Foods 1.06 mg 10%
947 Infant formula, PBM PRODUCTS, store brand, liquid concentrate, not reconstituted Baby Foods 1.06 mg 10%
948 Snacks, corn-based, extruded, chips, barbecue-flavor, made with enriched masa flour Snacks 1.06 mg 10%
949 Candies, REESE'S BITES Sweets 1.06 mg 10%
950 Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, TWIX Caramel Cookie Bars Sweets 1.06 mg 10%

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