Vegetarian foods high in Zinc (Canadian (CNF))

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 601–650 of 3,496 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
601 Grains, wheat, kamut khorasan, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.84 mg 17%
602 Muffin, oat bran (wheat free-product) Baked Products 1.84 mg 17%
603 Bread, whole wheat, commercial, toasted Baked Products 1.84 mg 17%
604 Candies, bars, Chunky Sweets 1.84 mg 17%
605 Spices, cinnamon, ground Spices and Herbs 1.83 mg 17%
606 Peanuts, all types, boiled, salted Legumes and Legume Products 1.83 mg 17%
607 Cereal, ready to eat, Harvest Crunch: Raisins and almonds, Quaker Breakfast cereals 1.83 mg 17%
608 Hummus, commercial Legumes and Legume Products 1.83 mg 17%
609 Pasta, egg noodles, spinach, enriched, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.83 mg 17%
610 Egg substitute, powder Dairy and Egg Products 1.82 mg 17%
611 Cheese, cheddar or colby type, low fat (7% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 1.82 mg 17%
612 Babyfood, cereal, barley, with milk powder, dry Babyfoods 1.82 mg 17%
613 Cereal, hot, oats, instant: dinosaur eggs, dry, Quaker Breakfast cereals 1.82 mg 17%
614 Bread, protein (includes gluten) Baked Products 1.82 mg 17%
615 Nuts, coconut meat, desiccated, sweetened, shredded Nuts and Seeds 1.82 mg 17%
616 Grains, cornmeal (yellow), whole-grain Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.82 mg 17%
617 Granola bar, chewy, fruit and/or nut Baked Products 1.82 mg 17%
618 Cereal, ready to eat, On Track, President's Choice Breakfast cereals 1.81 mg 16%
619 Spices, thyme, fresh Spices and Herbs 1.81 mg 16%
620 Fast foods, sandwiches and burgers, cheeseburger, regular, double patty and bun, with condiments and vegetables Fast Foods 1.81 mg 16%
621 Fast foods, mexican, burrito with beans, cheese and chili peppers Fast Foods 1.81 mg 16%
622 Vegetarian meat loaf or patty, meatless Legumes and Legume Products 1.80 mg 16%
623 Meatless, meatballs Legumes and Legume Products 1.80 mg 16%
624 Cereal, ready to eat, Harvest Crunch: original, Quaker Breakfast cereals 1.80 mg 16%
625 Cereal, ready to eat, Grainshop, Weetabix Breakfast cereals 1.80 mg 16%
626 Grains, corn flour, masa, yellow, U.S. enriched Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.80 mg 16%
627 Pasta, spaghetti, protein-fortified, enriched, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.79 mg 16%
628 Pasta, macaroni, protein-fortified, enriched, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.79 mg 16%
629 Pasta, corn, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.79 mg 16%
630 Snacks, corn nuts, plain Snacks 1.78 mg 16%
631 Bread, whole grain (whole-wheat), commercial Baked Products 1.78 mg 16%
632 Cereal, ready to eat, Corn Bran Squares, Quaker Breakfast cereals 1.77 mg 16%
633 Beans, adzuki, boiled, salted Legumes and Legume Products 1.77 mg 16%
634 Beans, adzuki, boiled Legumes and Legume Products 1.77 mg 16%
635 Candies, M&M's peanut chocolate candies Sweets 1.76 mg 16%
636 Grains, rye flour, light Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.75 mg 16%
637 Cereal, ready to eat, Shreddies, honey, Post Breakfast cereals 1.74 mg 16%
638 English muffin, whole wheat, toasted Baked Products 1.74 mg 16%
639 Bread, 60% whole wheat, commercial, toasted Baked Products 1.74 mg 16%
640 Granola bar, cereal bar, Oatmeal to go, all flavours, Quaker Baked Products 1.73 mg 16%
641 Grains, corn flour, yellow, whole-grain Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.73 mg 16%
642 Soybean, curd cheese Legumes and Legume Products 1.72 mg 16%
643 Cereal, ready to eat, Cheerios: honey nut, General Mills Breakfast cereals 1.72 mg 16%
644 Pie, tourtiere, commercial Baked Products 1.72 mg 16%
645 Tomato powder Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.71 mg 16%
646 Cereal, ready to eat, Harvest Crunch: Honey Nut, Light and Crisp, Quaker Breakfast cereals 1.71 mg 16%
647 Pasta, Japanese noodles, soba, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.71 mg 16%
648 Granola bar, chewy, sweet and salty Baked Products 1.71 mg 16%
649 Cereal, ready to eat, Special K: with Red Berries, Kellogg's Breakfast cereals 1.70 mg 15%
650 Bread, multigrain, commercial, reduced sodium, toasted Baked Products 1.70 mg 15%

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