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 401–450 of 3,432 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
401 Amaranth grain, uncooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 2.87 mg 26%
402 Snacks, granola bar, KASHI TLC Bar, crunchy, mixed flavors Snacks 2.86 mg 26%
403 Hyacinth beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 2.85 mg 26%
404 Hyacinth beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 2.85 mg 26%
405 Lima beans, large, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 2.83 mg 26%
406 Beans, yellow, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 2.83 mg 26%
407 Chickpea flour (besan) Legumes and Legume Products 2.81 mg 26%
408 Beans, small white, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 2.81 mg 26%
409 Snacks, popcorn, microwave, 94% fat free Snacks 2.80 mg 25%
410 Crackers, rye, wafers, plain Baked Products 2.80 mg 25%
411 Peanut butter, smooth, reduced fat Legumes and Legume Products 2.80 mg 25%
412 Beans, kidney, all types, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 2.79 mg 25%
413 Peanut butter, chunk style, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 2.79 mg 25%
414 Beans, kidney, red, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 2.79 mg 25%
415 Peanut butter, chunk style, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 2.79 mg 25%
416 Peanut butter, reduced sodium Legumes and Legume Products 2.78 mg 25%
417 Wheat, hard red spring Cereal Grains and Pasta 2.78 mg 25%
418 Peanuts, all types, dry-roasted, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 2.77 mg 25%
419 Cereals ready-to-eat, MOM'S BEST, Sweetened WHEAT-FULS Breakfast Cereals 2.77 mg 25%
420 Peanuts, all types, dry-roasted, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 2.77 mg 25%
421 Barley, hulled Cereal Grains and Pasta 2.77 mg 25%
422 Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 2.76 mg 25%
423 Pigeon peas (red gram), mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 2.76 mg 25%
424 Spaghetti, spinach, dry Cereal Grains and Pasta 2.76 mg 25%
425 Cereals ready-to-eat, wheat and bran, presweetened with nuts and fruits Breakfast Cereals 2.73 mg 25%
426 Babyfood, cereal, high protein, with apple and orange, dry Baby Foods 2.70 mg 25%
427 Spices, oregano, dried Spices and Herbs 2.69 mg 24%
428 McDONALD'S, QUARTER POUNDER Fast Foods 2.69 mg 24%
429 Mung beans, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 2.68 mg 24%
430 Peanut Butter, smooth (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Legumes and Legume Products 2.67 mg 24%
431 Beans, kidney, royal red, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 2.66 mg 24%
432 Cereals, whole wheat hot natural cereal, dry Breakfast Cereals 2.66 mg 24%
433 Fireweed, leaves, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 2.66 mg 24%
434 Triticale flour, whole-grain Cereal Grains and Pasta 2.66 mg 24%
435 Snacks, oriental mix, rice-based Snacks 2.66 mg 24%
436 Cereals, QUAKER, Instant Oatmeal, weight control, cinnamon Breakfast Cereals 2.65 mg 24%
437 Chocolate, dark, 60-69% cacao solids Sweets 2.65 mg 24%
438 Wheat, hard red winter Cereal Grains and Pasta 2.65 mg 24%
439 Rye grain Cereal Grains and Pasta 2.65 mg 24%
440 Snack, Mixed Berry Bar Snacks 2.64 mg 24%
441 Crackers, gluten-free, multi-seeded and multigrain Baked Products 2.64 mg 24%
442 Snacks, popcorn, oil-popped, white popcorn, salt added Snacks 2.64 mg 24%
443 Snacks, popcorn, home-prepared, oil-popped, unsalted Snacks 2.64 mg 24%
444 Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, MOTHER'S Cinnamon Oat Crunch Breakfast Cereals 2.63 mg 24%
445 Crackers, whole-wheat Baked Products 2.63 mg 24%
446 Millet flour Cereal Grains and Pasta 2.63 mg 24%
447 Wheat, soft red winter Cereal Grains and Pasta 2.63 mg 24%
448 Cereals, QUAKER, Instant Oatmeal, Cinnamon Spice, reduced sugar Breakfast Cereals 2.62 mg 24%
449 Crackers, matzo, whole-wheat Baked Products 2.61 mg 24%
450 Cereals, QUAKER, Instant Oatmeal, Cinnamon-Spice, dry Breakfast Cereals 2.60 mg 24%

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