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 2651–2700 of 3,432 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
2651 Babyfood, vegetables, mix vegetables strained Baby Foods 0.15 mg 1%
2652 Babyfood, vegetables, carrots, strained Baby Foods 0.15 mg 1%
2653 Figs, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.15 mg 1%
2654 Sauce, chili, peppers, hot, immature green, canned Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.15 mg 1%
2655 Sauce, peppers, hot, chili, mature red, canned Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.15 mg 1%
2656 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, regular Fats and Oils 0.15 mg 1%
2657 Squash, winter, hubbard, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2658 Mustard greens, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2659 KFC, Coleslaw Fast Foods 0.15 mg 1%
2660 Yambean (jicama), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2661 Agave, raw (Southwest) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.15 mg 1%
2662 Yambean (jicama), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2663 Cress, garden, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2664 Squash, winter, butternut, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2665 Lettuce, iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2666 Papaya nectar, canned Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.15 mg 1%
2667 Blackberries, wild, raw (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.15 mg 1%
2668 Frozen novelties, ice type, pop Sweets 0.15 mg 1%
2669 Peppers, sweet, red, sauteed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2670 Squash, winter, hubbard, baked, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2671 Radishes, oriental, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2672 Cress, garden, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2673 Candies, fudge, vanilla, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 0.15 mg 1%
2674 Fruit salad, (peach and pear and apricot and pineapple and cherry), canned, juice pack, solids and liquids Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.14 mg 1%
2675 Apricots, dried, sulfured, stewed, without added sugar Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.14 mg 1%
2676 Babyfood, snack, GERBER GRADUATE FRUIT STRIPS, Real Fruit Bars Baby Foods 0.14 mg 1%
2677 Alcoholic beverage, wine, table, red Beverages 0.14 mg 1%
2678 Beverages, Whiskey sour mix, powder Beverages 0.14 mg 1%
2679 Cookies, brownies, dry mix, sugar free Baked Products 0.14 mg 1%
2680 Margarine-like, vegetable oil spread, fat free, liquid, with salt Fats and Oils 0.14 mg 1%
2681 Alcoholic Beverage, wine, table, red, Merlot Beverages 0.14 mg 1%
2682 Cereals, corn grits, yellow, regular, quick, enriched, cooked with water, with salt Breakfast Cereals 0.14 mg 1%
2683 Cereals, corn grits, yellow, regular and quick, enriched, cooked with water, without salt Breakfast Cereals 0.14 mg 1%
2684 Tomatoes, orange, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2685 Turnip greens, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2686 Fast foods, coleslaw Fast Foods 0.14 mg 1%
2687 Turnip greens, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2688 Tomatoes, red, ripe, cooked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2689 Turnips, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2690 Tomatoes, red, ripe, cooked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2691 Celery, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2692 Prickly pears, raw (Northern Plains Indians) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.14 mg 1%
2693 Syrups, malt Sweets 0.14 mg 1%
2694 Celery, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2695 Beans, snap, canned, all styles, seasoned, solids and liquids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2696 Peppers, jalapeno, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2697 Cabbage, napa, cooked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2698 Pickle relish, sweet Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2699 Plantains, green, boiled Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.14 mg 1%
2700 Kiwifruit, green, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.14 mg 1%

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