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 1151–1200 of 3,432 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
1151 Spinach souffle Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.85 mg 8%
1152 Snacks, pretzels, hard, plain, made with enriched flour, unsalted Snacks 0.85 mg 8%
1153 Wheat flours, bread, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.85 mg 8%
1154 Wheat flour, white, bread, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.85 mg 8%
1155 Vital wheat gluten Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.85 mg 8%
1156 Snacks, corn-based, extruded, chips, unsalted Snacks 0.85 mg 8%
1157 Mung beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 0.84 mg 8%
1158 Bread, pita, white, enriched Baked Products 0.84 mg 8%
1159 Mung beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 0.84 mg 8%
1160 Beans, cranberry (roman), mature seeds, canned Legumes and Legume Products 0.84 mg 8%
1161 Bread, pita, white, unenriched Baked Products 0.84 mg 8%
1162 Pasta mix, Italian lasagna, unprepared Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes 0.84 mg 8%
1163 Wheat flour, white (industrial), 11.5% protein, unbleached, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.84 mg 8%
1164 Wheat flour, white (industrial), 11.5% protein, bleached, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.84 mg 8%
1165 Wheat flour, white (industrial), 11.5% protein, bleached, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.84 mg 8%
1166 Bread, pan dulce, sweet yeast bread Baked Products 0.84 mg 8%
1167 Mungo beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 0.83 mg 8%
1168 Bread, reduced-calorie, oatmeal Baked Products 0.83 mg 8%
1169 Bagels, plain, enriched, with calcium propionate (includes onion, poppy, sesame) Baked Products 0.83 mg 8%
1170 Horseradish, prepared Spices and Herbs 0.83 mg 8%
1171 Tofu, firm, prepared with calcium sulfate and magnesium chloride (nigari) Legumes and Legume Products 0.83 mg 8%
1172 Mungo beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 0.83 mg 8%
1173 Pasta, gluten-free, brown rice flour, cooked, TINKYADA Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.83 mg 8%
1174 Seeds, breadfruit seeds, boiled Nut and Seed Products 0.83 mg 8%
1175 Couscous, dry Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.83 mg 8%
1176 Fiddlehead ferns, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.83 mg 8%
1177 Syrups, chocolate, fudge-type Sweets 0.83 mg 8%
1178 Squash, zucchini, baby, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.83 mg 8%
1179 Soup, shark fin, restaurant-prepared Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.82 mg 7%
1180 Bread, paratha, whole wheat, commercially prepared, frozen Baked Products 0.82 mg 7%
1181 Infant formula, ABBOTT NUTRITION, SIMILAC NEOSURE, ready-to-feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 0.82 mg 7%
1182 Pigeonpeas, immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.82 mg 7%
1183 Pigeonpeas, immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.82 mg 7%
1184 Barley, pearled, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.82 mg 7%
1185 Peas, green, frozen, unprepared (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.82 mg 7%
1186 Bread, blue corn, somiviki (Hopi) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.82 mg 7%
1187 Pan Dulce, La Ricura, Salpora de Arroz con Azucar, cookie-like, contains wheat flour and rice flour Baked Products 0.82 mg 7%
1188 Cake, coffeecake, cinnamon with crumb topping, commercially prepared, unenriched Baked Products 0.81 mg 7%
1189 Cake, coffeecake, cinnamon with crumb topping, commercially prepared, enriched Baked Products 0.81 mg 7%
1190 Bagels, cinnamon-raisin, toasted Baked Products 0.81 mg 7%
1191 Basil, fresh Spices and Herbs 0.81 mg 7%
1192 Bread, naan, plain, commercially prepared, refrigerated Baked Products 0.81 mg 7%
1193 Sandwich spread, with chopped pickle, regular, unspecified oils Fats and Oils 0.81 mg 7%
1194 Noodles, chinese, chow mein Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.81 mg 7%
1195 Pepperidge Farm, Goldfish, Baked Snack Crackers, Explosive Pizza Baked Products 0.81 mg 7%
1196 Cookies, oatmeal, dry mix Baked Products 0.80 mg 7%
1197 Beverages, malted drink mix, chocolate, powder Beverages 0.80 mg 7%
1198 Doughnuts, yeast-leavened, with creme filling Baked Products 0.80 mg 7%
1199 Tofu, raw, regular, prepared with calcium sulfate Legumes and Legume Products 0.80 mg 7%
1200 Babyfood, cookie, baby, fruit Baby Foods 0.80 mg 7%

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