Vegan foods high in Zinc (USDA Foundation)

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 101–150 of 291 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
101 Restaurant, Latino, pupusas con frijoles (pupusas, bean) Restaurant Foods 0.94 mg 9%
102 Flour, potato Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.90 mg 8%
103 Flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, unbleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.90 mg 8%
104 Bread, white, commercially prepared Baked Products 0.88 mg 8%
105 Mushroom, pioppini Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.86 mg 8%
106 Flour, 00 Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.79 mg 7%
107 Mushrooms, shiitake Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.76 mg 7%
108 Mushrooms, shiitake Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.76 mg 7%
109 Mushroom, maitake Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.76 mg 7%
110 Mushroom, lion's mane Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.74 mg 7%
111 Mushroom, lion's mane Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.74 mg 7%
112 Flour, pastry, unenriched, unbleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.74 mg 7%
113 Beans, black, canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.74 mg 7%
114 Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.72 mg 7%
115 Flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, bleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.72 mg 7%
116 Peas, green, sweet, canned, sodium added, sugar added, drained and rinsed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.71 mg 6%
117 Mushroom, oyster Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.68 mg 6%
118 Mushroom, oyster Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.68 mg 6%
119 Figs, dried, uncooked Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.66 mg 6%
120 Figs, dried, uncooked Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.66 mg 6%
121 Blackeye pea, canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.66 mg 6%
122 Mustard, prepared, yellow Spices and Herbs 0.64 mg 6%
123 Beans, great northern, canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.63 mg 6%
124 Beans, navy, canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.63 mg 6%
125 Mushroom, king oyster Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.63 mg 6%
126 Beans, pinto, canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.62 mg 6%
127 Cookies, oatmeal, soft, with raisins Baked Products 0.62 mg 6%
128 Flour, corn, yellow, fine meal, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.62 mg 6%
129 Asparagus, green, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.60 mg 5%
130 Onion rings, breaded, par fried, frozen, prepared, heated in oven Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.59 mg 5%
131 Beans, kidney, dark red, canned, sodium added, sugar added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.56 mg 5%
132 Corn, sweet, yellow and white kernels,  fresh, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.56 mg 5%
133 Beans, kidney, light red, canned, sodium added, sugar added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.53 mg 5%
134 Beans, cannellini, canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.52 mg 5%
135 Mushroom, crimini Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.51 mg 5%
136 Tomato, paste, canned, without salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.51 mg 5%
137 Mushrooms, white button Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.51 mg 5%
138 Mushrooms, white button Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.51 mg 5%
139 Mushroom, beech Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.50 mg 5%
140 Mushroom, enoki Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.48 mg 4%
141 Avocado, Hass, peeled, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.46 mg 4%
142 Collards, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.46 mg 4%
143 Kiwifruit (kiwi), green, peeled, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.45 mg 4%
144 Spinach, baby Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.45 mg 4%
145 Spinach, baby Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.45 mg 4%
146 Melons, cantaloupe, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.44 mg 4%
147 Melons, cantaloupe, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.44 mg 4%
148 Spinach, mature Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.42 mg 4%
149 Spinach, mature Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.42 mg 4%
150 Broccoli, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.42 mg 4%

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