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 2351–2400 of 3,432 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
2351 Babyfood, banana with mixed berries, strained Baby Foods 0.23 mg 2%
2352 Babyfood, fruit, banana and strawberry, junior Baby Foods 0.23 mg 2%
2353 Syrups, table blends, pancake, with 2% maple, with added potassium Sweets 0.23 mg 2%
2354 Pumpkin, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2355 Beets, harvard, canned, solids and liquids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2356 Turnip greens, canned, solids and liquids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2357 Collards, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2358 Cabbage, savoy, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2359 Tomato products, canned, sauce, with onions Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2360 Cabbage, chinese (pe-tsai), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2361 Eggplant, pickled Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2362 Pickles, chowchow, with cauliflower onion mustard, sweet Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2363 Taro, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2364 Mustard greens, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2365 Lettuce, cos or romaine, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2366 Syrups, table blends, pancake, with 2% maple Sweets 0.23 mg 2%
2367 Puddings, vanilla, ready-to-eat, fat free Sweets 0.23 mg 2%
2368 Collards, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2369 Cabbage, savoy, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2370 Beets, canned, no salt added, solids and liquids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2371 Pumpkin, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2372 Cress, garden, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2373 Plantains, green, fried Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.23 mg 2%
2374 Turnip greens, canned, no salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2375 Lemon juice from concentrate, bottled, REAL LEMON Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.23 mg 2%
2376 Pie, mince, prepared from recipe Baked Products 0.22 mg 2%
2377 Soup, hot and sour, Chinese restaurant Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.22 mg 2%
2378 Babyfood, GERBER, 2nd Foods, apple, carrot and squash, organic Baby Foods 0.22 mg 2%
2379 Babyfood, vegetables, green beans, strained Baby Foods 0.22 mg 2%
2380 Sauce, barbecue, KC MASTERPIECE, original Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.22 mg 2%
2381 Boysenberries, frozen, unsweetened Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.22 mg 2%
2382 Salad dressing, russian dressing Fats and Oils 0.22 mg 2%
2383 Fast foods, potato, mashed Fast Foods 0.22 mg 2%
2384 Squash, winter, all varieties, cooked, baked, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2385 Borage, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2386 Poi Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2387 Cabbage, kimchi Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2388 Squash, winter, all varieties, cooked, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2389 Squash, summer, crookneck and straightneck, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2390 Tomato products, canned, sauce Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2391 Cabbage, red, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2392 Longans, dried Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.22 mg 2%
2393 Radishes, hawaiian style, pickled Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2394 Babyfood, vegetable and brown rice, strained Baby Foods 0.22 mg 2%
2395 Puddings, tapioca, ready-to-eat Sweets 0.22 mg 2%
2396 Mustard greens, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2397 Arrowhead, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2398 Olives, ripe, canned (jumbo-super colossal) Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.22 mg 2%
2399 Olives, ripe, canned (small-extra large) Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.22 mg 2%
2400 Tomato sauce, canned, no salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%

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