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 951–1000 of 3,432 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
951 Restaurant, Latino, tripe soup Restaurant Foods 1.06 mg 10%
952 Chocolate-flavored hazelnut spread Sweets 1.06 mg 10%
953 Snacks, corn-based, extruded, chips, barbecue-flavor Snacks 1.06 mg 10%
954 Muffins, English, plain, enriched, with ca prop (includes sourdough) Baked Products 1.05 mg 10%
955 Bread, french or vienna, toasted (includes sourdough) Baked Products 1.05 mg 10%
956 Bread, reduced-calorie, oat bran Baked Products 1.05 mg 10%
957 Bread, oat bran, toasted Baked Products 1.05 mg 10%
958 Fast foods, submarine sandwich, cold cut on white bread with lettuce and tomato Fast Foods 1.05 mg 10%
959 Peas, mature seeds, sprouted, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.05 mg 10%
960 TACO BELL, Nachos Supreme Fast Foods 1.05 mg 10%
961 SUBWAY, cold cut sub on white bread with lettuce and tomato Fast Foods 1.05 mg 10%
962 Seeds, lotus seeds, dried Nut and Seed Products 1.05 mg 10%
963 Hominy, canned, yellow Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.05 mg 10%
964 Semolina, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.05 mg 10%
965 Hominy, canned, white Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.05 mg 10%
966 Toppings, nuts in syrup Sweets 1.05 mg 10%
967 Semolina, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.05 mg 10%
968 Seaweed, laver, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.05 mg 10%
969 Pancakes, whole-wheat, dry mix, incomplete, prepared Baked Products 1.04 mg 9%
970 Cake, snack cakes, creme-filled, chocolate with frosting Baked Products 1.04 mg 9%
971 Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, MOTHER'S GRAHAM BUMPERS Breakfast Cereals 1.04 mg 9%
972 Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, canned with pork Legumes and Legume Products 1.04 mg 9%
973 Bread, wheat Baked Products 1.04 mg 9%
974 Bread, french or vienna (includes sourdough) Baked Products 1.04 mg 9%
975 Pigeonpeas, immature seeds, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.04 mg 9%
976 Soybeans, mature seeds, sprouted, cooked, steamed, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.04 mg 9%
977 Soybeans, mature seeds, sprouted, cooked, steamed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.04 mg 9%
978 Pepperidge Farm, Goldfish, Baked Snack Crackers, Pizza Baked Products 1.04 mg 9%
979 Snacks, pretzels, hard, plain, salted Snacks 1.04 mg 9%
980 Croissants, apple Baked Products 1.03 mg 9%
981 Cereals ready-to-eat, rice, puffed, fortified Breakfast Cereals 1.03 mg 9%
982 Lima beans, thin seeded (baby), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.03 mg 9%
983 Beans, navy, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.03 mg 9%
984 Beans, navy, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.03 mg 9%
985 Lima beans, thin seeded (baby), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.03 mg 9%
986 Seeds, breadfruit seeds, roasted Nut and Seed Products 1.03 mg 9%
987 Mushrooms, shiitake, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.03 mg 9%
988 Spanish rice mix, dry mix, unprepared Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes 1.03 mg 9%
989 Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.03 mg 9%
990 Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.03 mg 9%
991 Rolls, dinner, oat bran Baked Products 1.02 mg 9%
992 Infant formula, NESTLE, GOOD START SUPREME, with iron, liquid concentrate, not reconstituted Baby Foods 1.02 mg 9%
993 Pie, pecan, prepared from recipe Baked Products 1.02 mg 9%
994 Bread, oatmeal Baked Products 1.02 mg 9%
995 Pasta, whole grain, 51% whole wheat, remaining enriched semolina, cooked (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.02 mg 9%
996 Wheat flour, white (industrial), 10% protein, bleached, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.02 mg 9%
997 Wheat flour, white (industrial), 10% protein, bleached, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.02 mg 9%
998 PIZZA HUT, breadstick, parmesan garlic Fast Foods 1.02 mg 9%
999 Candies, coconut bar, not chocolate covered Sweets 1.02 mg 9%
1000 Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, unenriched, dry Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.02 mg 9%

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