Vegan foods high in Zinc

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 1501–1550 of 6,506 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
1501 Lupins, boiled, salted Legumes and Legume Products 1.38 mg 13% CNF
1502 Lupins, boiled Legumes and Legume Products 1.38 mg 13% CNF
1503 Edamame, frozen, prepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.37 mg 12% USDA_SR
1504 Soybeans, green (edamame), frozen, prepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.37 mg 12% CNF
1505 Crackers, melba toast, rye (includes pumpernickel) Baked Products 1.36 mg 12% USDA_SR
1506 Bread, wheat, sprouted, toasted Baked Products 1.36 mg 12% USDA_SR
1507 Fast foods, mexican, taco salad Fast Foods 1.36 mg 12% CNF
1508 Cracker, melba toast, rye (includes pumpernickel) Baked Products 1.36 mg 12% CNF
1509 Rice, white, long grain, unenriched, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.35 mg 12% USDA_FF
1510 Bread, reduced-calorie, wheat Baked Products 1.35 mg 12% USDA_SR
1511 Snacks, granola bar, GENERAL MILLS, NATURE VALLEY, CHEWY TRAIL MIX Snacks 1.35 mg 12% USDA_SR
1512 Rolls, gluten-free, whole grain, made with tapioca starch and brown rice flour Baked Products 1.35 mg 12% USDA_SR
1513 CARRABBA'S ITALIAN GRILL, lasagne Restaurant Foods 1.35 mg 12% USDA_SR
1514 Udi's, Gluten Free, Whole Grain Dinner Rolls Baked Products 1.35 mg 12% USDA_SR
1515 Tourtiere, homemade Baked Products 1.35 mg 12% CNF
1516 Muffin, wheat bran, with raisins, homemade Baked Products 1.35 mg 12% CNF
1517 Bread, pumpernickel Baked Products 1.35 mg 12% CNF
1518 Flour, rice, glutinous Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.34 mg 12% USDA_FF
1519 Bread, reduced-calorie, white Baked Products 1.34 mg 12% USDA_SR
1520 Snacks, FRITOLAY, SUNCHIPS, Multigrain Snack, Harvest Cheddar flavor Snacks 1.34 mg 12% USDA_SR
1521 Snacks, granola bar, chewy, reduced sugar, all flavors Snacks 1.34 mg 12% USDA_SR
1522 Pasta, whole-wheat, cooked (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.34 mg 12% USDA_SR
1523 Wild rice, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.34 mg 12% USDA_SR
1524 Margarine-like spread, tub, hydrogenated, canola and soybean oil, 50% fat Fats and Oils 1.34 mg 12% CNF
1525 Grains, rice and vermicelli mix, beef flavour, unprepared Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.34 mg 12% CNF
1526 Cereal, ready to eat, Cheerios: Oat Clusters Crunch, General Mills Breakfast cereals 1.34 mg 12% CNF
1527 Snacks, SUNCHIPS, Harvest Cheddar flavour Snacks 1.34 mg 12% CNF
1528 Cereal, ready to eat, Selects, Cranberry Almond Crunch, Post Breakfast cereals 1.34 mg 12% CNF
1529 Grains, rice, wild, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.34 mg 12% CNF
1530 Snack, Pretzel, hard chocolate coated Snacks 1.33 mg 12% USDA_SR
1531 Sauce, pesto, BUITONI, pesto with basil, ready-to-serve, refrigerated Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 1.33 mg 12% USDA_SR
1532 Sauce, pesto, ready-to-serve, refrigerated Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 1.33 mg 12% USDA_SR
1533 Mushrooms, shiitake, cooked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.33 mg 12% USDA_SR
1534 Rye flour, light Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.33 mg 12% USDA_SR
1535 Mushrooms, shiitake, cooked, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.33 mg 12% USDA_SR
1536 Focaccia, Italian flatbread, plain Baked Products 1.33 mg 12% USDA_SR
1537 Snacks, pretzels, hard, chocolate coated Snacks 1.33 mg 12% CNF
1538 Bread, focaccia, Italian flatbread, plain Baked Products 1.33 mg 12% CNF
1539 Mushroom, shiitake, cooked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.33 mg 12% CNF
1540 Candies, dark chocolate coated coffee beans Sweets 1.32 mg 12% USDA_SR
1541 Fungi, Cloud ears, dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.32 mg 12% USDA_SR
1542 Edamame, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.32 mg 12% USDA_SR
1543 Pepperidge Farm, Goldfish, Baked Snack Crackers, Parmesan Baked Products 1.32 mg 12% USDA_SR
1544 Muffin bar, all flavours Baked Products 1.32 mg 12% CNF
1545 Soybeans, green (edamame), frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.32 mg 12% CNF
1546 Candies, dark chocolate coated coffee beans Sweets 1.32 mg 12% CNF
1547 Mushroom, fungi, Cloud ears, dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.32 mg 12% CNF
1548 Sorghum flour, white, pearled, unenriched, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.32 mg 12% USDA_FF
1549 Tortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, corn Baked Products 1.31 mg 12% USDA_SR
1550 Bread, rice bran Baked Products 1.31 mg 12% USDA_SR

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